1st Edition

Reconciliation after Terrorism Strategy, possibility or absurdity?

Edited By Judith Renner, Alexander Spencer Copyright 2012
248 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Reconciliation after Terrorism brings together scholars from the hitherto disparate fields of terrorism and reconciliation studies, in order to examine whether reconciliation is a possible strategy for dealing with and ending a terrorist conflict. Although terrorist activities often play a role in situations of conflict and transition, terrorists are generally not taken into consideration as... Read more

Introduction: Reconciling the Seemingly Irreconcilable?, Judith Renner and Alexander Spencer Part I: Theoretical Reflections on Reconciliation after Terrorism 1. Orthodox Terrorism Theory and Reconciliation: The Transition out of Terrorism, Jason Franks 2. Marginalizing 'Victims' and 'Terrorists': Modes of Exclusion in the Reconciliation Process, Michael Humphrey Part II: Empirical Case Studies of Reconciliation in Terrorist Conflicts 3. Reconciliation following Terrorism in South Tyrol: A Successful Story of Peacemaking by Consociational Democracy and Power-Sharing, Günther Pallaver and Manuel Fasser 4. Reconciliation and Paramilitaries in Nothern Ireland, Marie Breen Smyth 5. Reconciliation with 'Terrorists': Understanding the Legacy of Terror in South Africa, Nokukhanya Mncwabe and Hugo van der Merwe 6. Overcoming Terrorism in Peru without Negotiation or Reconciliation, David Scott Palmer 7. Undermining Reconciliation: Colombian Peace Spoilers in- and outside the Negotiation Process, Katrin Planta and Carolin Goerzig 8. Talking: A Potential Path to Reconciliation in Mindanao, Harmonie Toros 9. Terror, Empathy and Reconciliation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Yehudith Auerbach and Ifat Klang-Maoz 10. Conclusion: The (im)Possibility of Reconciliation in Afghanistan and the 'War on Terror', Judith Renner and Alexander Spencer

Biography

Judith Renner is a Research Fellow at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.

Alexander Spencer is an Assistant Professor at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.

‘The density of the contributions, the quality and detail of the research involved and the competence of their authors alone turn this book into a very recommendable read for anybody interested in the issue.’ – Georg Grote, Europäisches Journal für Minderheitenfragen, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2012