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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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.
Imprint | Routledge |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Series | Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding |
Release date | December 2011 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 2012 |
Editors | Bruno Charbonneau, Genevieve Parent |
Dimensions | 234 x 156 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover - Cloth over boards |
Pages | 262 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-68364-7 |
Barcode | 9780415683647 |
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LSN | 0-415-68364-5 |