The Order of Victimhood - Violence, Hierarchy and Building Peace in Northern Ireland (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book explores how the construction and contestation of victims in societies emerging from conflict impact processes of peacebuilding. It locates its inquiry in Northern Ireland where highly politicized, unresolved narratives of violence and a so-called 'hierarchy of victims' illuminate inherent paradoxes of victimhood in intergroup conflict. The author critiques how mechanisms designed to address the legacy of conflict often reify exclusive 'victim' and 'perpetrator' identities and obscure complex harm. Adopting an interdisciplinary lens, the book examines how the image of the ideal victim interacts with intergroup processes in a polarizing and intractable victim-perpetrator paradigm. The analysis of these issues in Northern Ireland suggests that exclusive policies and mechanisms reinforce rather than repair societal divisions, and that inclusive, complex approaches to victimhood are necessary to build sustainable peace. This book will be of particular interest to scholars of peace studies, transitional justice and criminology.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Compromise after Conflict
Release date:	October 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Sarah E. Jankowitz
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	218
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-98327-1
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General Promotions
LSN:	3-319-98327-X
Barcode:	9783319983271

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