Peacebuilding, Memory and Reconciliation (Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415721296 ISBN 13: 9780415721295

Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Bruno Charbonneau is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Laurentian University, Canada. He has a PhD in Political Studies.

Geneviève Parent is Assistant Professor in Conflict Studies at St Paul University, Canada, and has a PhD in Criminology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0415721296
• ISBN 13: 9780415721295
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Charbonneau Bruno