1st Edition

Multi-Level Reconciliation and Peacebuilding Stakeholder Perspectives

Edited By Kevin P. Clements, SungYong Lee Copyright 2021
280 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This edited volume examines the group dynamics of social reconciliation in conflict-affected societies by adopting ideas developed in social psychology and the everyday peace discourse in peace and conflict studies. The book revisits the intra- and inter-group dynamics of social reconciliation in conflict-affected societies, which have been largely marginalised in mainstream peacebuilding... Read more

1. Introduction

Kevin P. Clements and SungYong Lee

Part I: Reconciliation: Concepts and Approaches

2. Promoting Reconciliation: Going Back to Basics

Kevin P. Clements

3. Behavioural Peacebuilding: Ensuring Sustainable Reconciliation

Mari Fitzduff

4. Interreligious Dialogue and the Path to Reconciliation

Mohammed Abu-Nimer

5. Towards Reconciliation culture(s) in Asian Buddhist Societies?

Chaiwat Satha-Anand

6. Preventing Violence and Promoting Active Bystandership and Peace and Conflict

Ervin Staub

7. No Peace without Trust: The Trust and Conflict Map as a Tool for Reconciliation

Mariska Kappmeier, Chiara Venanzetti and J.M. Inton-Campbell

Part II: Reconciliation in Practice

8. The Humanity of the Dead: Rethinking National Reconciliation in Contemporary Timor-Leste

Damian Grenfell

9. Tales of Progress: Creating Inclusive Reconciliation Narratives Post-Conflict

Caitlin Mollica

10. Between forgiveness and revenge: The reconstruction of social relationship in post-Khmer Rouge Cambodia

SungYong Lee

11. Competitive Victimhood, Reconciliation and Intergenerational Responsibility

Ria Shibata

12. Legitimising peace: Representations of victimhood and reconciliation in the narratives of local peacebuilders in Northern Ireland

Rachel Rafferty

13. Modelling Reconciliation and Peace Processes: Lessons from Syrian War Refugees and World War 2

Raymond F. Paloutzian, Zeynep Sagir and F. LeRon Shults

14. Conclusion

SungYong Lee and Kevin P. Clements

Biography

Kevin P. Clements is Emeritus Professor at the University of Otago, New Zealand and the Director of Toda Peace Institute, Japan.

SungYong Lee is Associate Professor of the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand.