Peacebuilding Memory and Reconciliation

<p>This book aims to bridge the gap between what are generally referred to as 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' approaches to peacebuilding.</p><p>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.</p><p><em>Peacebuilding Memory and Reconciliation</em> 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.</p><p>This book will be of much interest to students of peacebuilding peace and conflict studies social psychology political science and IR in general.</p>