Israeli Identity, Thick Recognition and Conflict Transformation

Israeli Identity, Thick Recognition and Conflict Transformation
Author: L. Strombom
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137301511

The divisive and malleable nature of history is at its most palpable in situations of intractable conflict between nations or peoples. This book explores the significance of history in informing the relationship between warring parties through the concept of thick recognition and by exploring its relevance specifically in relation to Israel.

Israeli Identity, Thick Recognition and Conflict Transformation

Israeli Identity, Thick Recognition and Conflict Transformation
Author: L. Strombom
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137301511

The divisive and malleable nature of history is at its most palpable in situations of intractable conflict between nations or peoples. This book explores the significance of history in informing the relationship between warring parties through the concept of thick recognition and by exploring its relevance specifically in relation to Israel.

Revisiting the Past

Revisiting the Past
Author: Lisa Strömbom
Publisher:
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2010
Genre: Israel
ISBN: 9789188306791

"This book focuses on the Israeli debates about New History, which took place mainly during the 1990s. The introduction of new interpretations of the 1948 War in the Israeli public sphere led to widespread controversy. Those debates, which initially concerned history, later on came to the forefront as strong actors became involved in intense arguments over fundamental issues of national identity and legitimacy. Through the addressing of those debates, the author raises questions regarding the meaning of history and identity in conflict-ridden societies. The notion of thick recognition is introduced and developed. It is suggested that it holds the possibility to transform relationships between protagonists in identity conflicts. Adopting a post-positivist approach, the author probes the role of inside actors and endogenous processes in conflict-ridden societies. The book hence challenges the broader field of conflict theory, which often has a focus on third party interventions together with elite negotiations. It is suggested that conflict theories must be sensitive to elaborations over recognition within settings of deep-seated conflicts. Only then can profound changes in the relationship between the conflict's protagonists take place, which can start a new era where the gridlock of intractability becomes dissolved."--Publisher's description.

The Impact of Protracted Peace Processes on Identities in Conflict

The Impact of Protracted Peace Processes on Identities in Conflict
Author: Joana Ricarte
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2022-11-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3031165675

This open access book discusses the impact of protracted peace processes on identities in conflict. It is concerned with how lingering peace processes affect, in the long-term, patterns of othering in protracted conflicts, and how this relates with enduring violence. Taking Israel and Palestine as a case study, the book traces different representations of success and failure of the protracted peace process, as well as its associated policies, narratives, norms and practices, to analyze its impact on identity and its contribution to the maintenance and/or transformation of the cultural component of violence. On the one hand, drawing from an interdisciplinary approach comprising International Relations (IR), History and Social Psychology, this book proposes an analytical framework for assessing the specificities of the construction of identities in protracted conflicts. It identifies dehumanization and practices of reconciliation in ongoing conflicts – what is called peace-less reconciliation – as the main elements influencing processes of othering and violence in this kind of conflicts. On the other hand, the book offers an empirical historical analysis on how the protracted peace process has impacted identity building and representations made of the ‘other’ in the case of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the end of the 19th century to the present day.

Recognition as Key for Reconciliation: Israel, Palestine, and Beyond

Recognition as Key for Reconciliation: Israel, Palestine, and Beyond
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2017-10-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9004355804

In these times of growing insecurity, widening inequities and deepening crisis for civilized governance, Recognition as Key for Reconciliation offers meaningful and provocative thoughts on how to advance towards a more just and peaceful future. From the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict we learn of “thin” and “thick” recipes for solutions. Beyond the Middle East region we learn from studies around the globe: South Africa, Northern Ireland and Armenia show the challenges to genuine recognition of our very human connection to each other, and that this recognition is essential for any sustainable positive security for all of us. Contributors are Deina Abdelkader, Gregory Aftandilian, Dale Eickelman, Amal Jamal, Maya Kahanoff, Herbert Kelman, Yoram Meital, Victoria Montgomery, Paula M. Rayman, Albie Sachs and Nira Yuval-Davis.

Recognition in International Relations

Recognition in International Relations
Author: C. Daase
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 457
Release: 2015-05-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137464720

Recognition is a basic human need, but it is not a panacea to all societal ills. This volume assembles contributions from International Relations, Political Theory and International Law in order to show that recognition is a gradual process and an ambiguous concept both in theory and political practice.

The Palgrave Handbook of Global Political Psychology

The Palgrave Handbook of Global Political Psychology
Author: H. Dekker
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 489
Release: 2016-04-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137291184

This collection recalibrates the study of political psychology through detailed and much needed analysis of the discipline's most important and hotly contested issues. It advances our understanding of the psychological mechanisms that drive political phenomena while showcasing a range of approaches in the study of these phenomena.

Divided Cities

Divided Cities
Author: Lisa Strömbom
Publisher: Nordic Academic Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2015-04-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9187675455

Very rarely has peace and conflict studies been combined with public administration research. Divided Cities – Governing Diversity brings together theories from conflict resolution, public administration, and urban studies to present new theoretical and empirical insights from nine in-depth case studies. The authors employ the city as a prism to shed light on the complex, multidimensional processes of conflict, segregation, democratization, and governance. They use the city as a diagnostic site for exploring the role of public administration and civil servants in resolving contested issues in divided societies. The researchers analyse nine multifaceted cases: Toronto, Copenhagen, Malmö, Mostar, Cape Town, Belfast, Jerusalem, Nicosia and Mitrovica – all cities at different stages of conflict and stability and with disparate legacies. The contributors map the tools, strate­gies, and understandings of conflict resolution to be found in each city, and in so doing break new empirical and theoretical ground.

Memory, Trauma and Narratives of the Self

Memory, Trauma and Narratives of the Self
Author: Edmundo Balsemão Pires
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2024-08-06
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1035337975

This insightful book explores the impact of traumatic experiences on the constitution of narrative identity. Editors Edmundo Balsem‹o Pires, Cl‡udio Alexandre S. Carvalho, and Joana Ricarte bring together multidisciplinary experts to examine the epistemic and ethical-political value of narrative memory, demonstrating its significance in forming essential aspects of the self and collective identity.

Relational peace practices

Relational peace practices
Author: Anna Jarstad
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2023-05-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1526168952

This book presents a new approach for studying peace beyond the absence of war. As war ends, the varying nature of the peace that ensues has been the object of much debate. Through in-depth case studies, including Cyprus, Cambodia, South Africa, Abkhazia, Transnistria/Russia, Colombia, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Myanmar, the book illustrates how conceptualising ‘relational peace’ provides a framework that can be applied across cases and actors, different levels of analysis, a variety of geographical contexts and using different temporal perspectives and types of data. This novel framework enables improved empirical studies of peace. The book contributes nuanced understandings of peace in particular settings and demonstrates the multifaceted nature of peaceful relations – what is termed ‘relational peace practices’ – making important contributions to the field of studying peace beyond the absence of war.