Peace Processes
A Sociological Approach
John D. Brewer
- Peace
- processes
- are
- mostly
- very
- fragile.
- This
- engagingly
- written
- book
- takes
- a
- bold
- new
- approach
- to
- the
- topic
- by
- beginning
- from
- the
- premise
- that
- sociology
- can
- identify
- those
- factors
- that
- help
- to
- stabilize
- them.The
- book
- draws
- a
- distinction
- between
- the
- political
- and
- social
- dimensions
- of
- peace
- processes,
- arguing
- that
- each
- is
- dependent
- on
- the
- other.
- Consideration
- of
- the
- social
- peace
- process,
- neglected
- in
- conventional
- treatments
- of
- the
- subject,
- is
- made
- central
- to
- this
- volume.
- While
- complementing
- current
- approaches
- that
- emphasize
- institutional
- reform
- in
- politics,
- law
- and
- economics,
- it
- pays
- due
- attention
- to
- sociological
- factors
- such
- as
- gender,
- civil
- society,
- religion,
- the
- deconstruction
- of
- violent
- masculinities,
- restorative
- justice,
- emotions,
- hope,
- forgiveness,
- truth
- recovery,
- social
- memory
- and
- public
- victimhood.
- These
- important
- themes
- are
- fully
- illustrated
- with
- examples
- and
- in-depth
- case
- studies
- from
- across
- the
- globe.The
- book
- locates
- itself
- within
- the
- growing
- debate
- about
- the
- positive
- impact
- of
- global
- civil
- society
- on
- peace
- and
- identifies
- the
- new
- forms
- of
- peace
- work
- engendered
- by
- globalization.
- It
- will
- be
- essential
- reading
- for
- students
- and
- scholars
- of
- peace
- studies
- in
- politics,
- international
- relations
- and
- sociology departments.
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