| Peacebuilding, Memory and Reconciliation: Bridging Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches Contributor(s): Charbonneau, Bruno (Editor), Parent, Genevieve (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415721296 ISBN-13: 9780415721295 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Peace - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | Security (national & International) |
| Dewey: 303.69 |
| LCCN: 2011028879 |
| Series: Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding |
| Physical Information: 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |