Peacebuilding, Memory and Reconciliation : Bridging Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches Paperback / softback
Edited by Bruno (Laurentian University, Canada) Charbonneau, Genevieve Parent
Part of the Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding series
Paperback / softback
Description
This book aims to bridge the gap between what are generally referred to as ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ approaches to peacebuilding. After the experience of a physical and psychological trauma, the period of individual healing and recovery is intertwined with political and social reconciliation.
The prospects for social and political reconciliation are undermined when a ‘top-down’ approach is favoured over the ‘bottom-up strategy’- the prioritization of structural stability over societal well-being. Peacebuilding, Memory and Reconciliation explores the inextricable link between psychological recovery and socio-political reconciliation, and the political issues that dominate this relationship.
Through an examination of the construction of social narratives about or for peace, the text offers a new perspective on peacebuilding, which challenges and questions the very nature of the dichotomy between ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ approaches. This book will be of much interest to students of peacebuilding, peace and conflict studies, social psychology, political science and IR in general.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages, 1 Line drawings, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:25/06/2013
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- ISBN:9780415721295
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages, 1 Line drawings, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:25/06/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415721295