Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation - 9781138071377

Taylor & Francis

Conflict Transformation and ReconciliationMulti-level Challenges in Deeply Divided Societies\nAuthor(s): Sarah Maddison\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138071377, 978-1138071377\nSynopsis\nThis book examines approaches to reconciliation and peacebuilding in settler colonial, post-conflict, and divided societies.\n\nIn contrast to current literature, this book provides a broader assessment of reconciliation and conflict transformation by applying a distinctive multi-level approach. The analysis provides a unique intervention in the field, one that significantly complicates received notions of reconciliation and transitional justice, and considers conflict transformation across the constitutional, institutional, and relational levels of society. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in South Africa, Northern Ireland, Australia, and Guatemala, the work presents an interdisciplinary study of the complex political challeng.