Reconciliation after War - 9780367346553

Taylor & Francis

Reconciliation after WarHistorical Perspectives on Transitional Justice\nAuthor(s): Rachel Kerr, Henry Redwood, James Gow\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367346553, 978-0367346553\nSynopsis\nThis edited volume examines a range of historical and contemporary episodes of reconciliation and anti-reconciliation in the aftermath of war.\n\nReconciliation is a concept that resists easy definition. At the same time, it is almost invariably invoked as a goal of post-conflict reconstruction, peacebuilding and transitional justice. This book examines the considerable ambiguity and controversy surrounding the term and, crucially, asks what has reconciliation entailed historically? What can we learn from past episodes of reconciliation and anti-reconciliation? Taken together, the chapters in this volume adopt an interdisciplinary approach, focused on the question of how reconciliation has been enacted, performed and underst.