Advanced Introduction to the Sociology of Peace Processes (Elgar Advanced Introductions series) - Softcover

Brewer, John D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1839107405 ISBN 13: 9781839107405

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2022

Synopsis

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.

This Advanced Introduction establishes the study of peace processes as part of the mainstream of sociology, a position consistent with the new moral re-enchantment of the social sciences. It advances a sociological view of peace that goes beyond vague notions of reconciliation, to constitute the restoration of moral sensibility, from which flows social solidarity, sociability and social justice. These concepts form the basis for a moral framework outlining what peace means sociologically.

Key features include:

• Establishing the study of peace and peace processes within the core of the sociological imagination
• A sociological approach to post-conflict emotions, compromise, everyday life peacebuilding, and personal trauma
• An innovative analysis that highlights recent developments and key areas of interest for researchers.

Invigorating and timely, this will be a critical read for undergraduate and postgraduate students of peace studies, the sociology of conflict, and the sociology of war and violence. It will also appeal to higher level students and researchers in these areas.

About this title

About the Author

John D. Brewer, Professor of Post Conflict Studies, Senator George J Mitchell Institute of Global Peace, Security and Justice, Queen's University Belfast, UK, Honorary Professor Extraordinary, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, and Honorary Professor of Sociology, Warwick University, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1839107405
• ISBN 13: 9781839107405
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160