Sociological Dynamics of Peace Processes: Reconciliation, Justice, and Victimhood, Study notes of Sociology

Download Sociological Dynamics of Peace Processes: Reconciliation, Justice, and Victimhood and more Study notes Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! 1 The Sociology of Peace Processes Lecture 5: The sociological dynamic to peace processes overheads • The tension between ‘truth’ and ‘reconciliation’. • The tension between ‘justice’ and ‘peace’. • Experiences of victimhood. • The problem of remembrance and commemoration. • The social reintegration of former combatants. • The development of ‘citizenship education’ for the new society. • Extenuating the mundane over the sense of crisis. • Extends our understanding of the problems post violence societies face beyond strictly political and legal issues. • Encourage peace negotiators to link issues of governance in post violence societies with a range of sociological issues that are equally important to the success of the transition. • Identify lessons for societies who are at earlier stages in developing peace accords, that both teach about the types of issues they will need to resolve and provide the experience of how other societies have dealt with them. docsity.com