Reconciliation After Violent Conflict: A Handbook [Paperback]

International IDEA (Author), Priscilla B. Hayner (Author), Stef Vandeginste (Author), Brandon Hamber (Author), Teresa Barnes (Editor), David Bloomfield (Editor), Karen Fogg (Preface), Desmond Tutu (Foreword)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 9189098919 | ISBN-13: 978-9189098916 | Publication Date: April 1, 2003

This handbook presents a range of tools that can be, and have been, employed in the design and implementation of reconciliation processes. Most of them draw on the experience of people grappling with the problems of past violence and injustice. There is no 'right answer' to the challenge of reconciliation, and so the handbook prescribes no single approach. Instead, it presents the options and methods, with their strengths and weaknesses evaluated, so that practitioners and policy-makers can adopt or adapt them, as best suits each specific context.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I recommend this handbook for policy makers and practioners seeking to promote reconciliation in war-torn societies and between people divided by conflict. The work of the United Nations, in Kosovo, in East Timor and elsewhere, shows all too well the complexities and the enormous challenges of reconciliation. This publication should be required reading for all the blue helments and international civil servants of the next UN operation and, indeed, for all concerned actors, including local community leaders, in nations beset by conflict."

About the Author

International IDEA is an intergovernmental organization that works to support electoral processes and strengthen democracy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: International Idea (April 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9189098919
• ISBN-13: 978-9189098916
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,551,000 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)