Connecting Peace, Justice, and Reconciliation
Elisabeth Porter
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Description for Connecting Peace, Justice, and Reconciliation
Paperback. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
Can postconflict states achieve both peace and justice as they deal with a traumatic past? What role does reconciliation play in healing wounds, building trust, and rectifying injustices? This provocative book, incorporating the frameworks of both peace/conflict studies and transitional justice, explores the core challenges that war-torn states confront once the violence has ended.
The book is organized around a series of questions, each one the subject of a chapter, with each chapter presenting a wide range of practical examples and case studies. The author also stakes out a position on each question, encouraging readers to evaluate and respond ... Read more
Can postconflict states achieve both peace and justice as they deal with a traumatic past? What role does reconciliation play in healing wounds, building trust, and rectifying injustices? This provocative book, incorporating the frameworks of both peace/conflict studies and transitional justice, explores the core challenges that war-torn states confront once the violence has ended.
The book is organized around a series of questions, each one the subject of a chapter, with each chapter presenting a wide range of practical examples and case studies. The author also stakes out a position on each question, encouraging readers to evaluate and respond ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers
Condition
New
Number of Pages
225
Place of Publication
Boulder, CO, United States
ISBN
9781626372368
SKU
V9781626372368
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Elisabeth Porter
Elisabeth Porter is professor of politics and international relations at the University of South Australia, Australia. Her recent publications include Peace and Security: Implications for Women and Peacebuilding: Women in International Perspective.
Reviews for Connecting Peace, Justice, and Reconciliation
“Porter creates space for theorists, researchers, and practitioners as well as students, grassroots activists, and organizations to see the possibilities and promise of peace and justice in post-conflict zones afresh.... [She] weaves scholarship and personal experiences of victim-survivors in a way that illumines both theory and the particular, situational experience regarding the grave consequences of war and violence.... Porter's multidisciplinary, ... Read more