Deconstructing peace : the contested politics of post-conflict Northern Ireland and Bosnia and Herzegovina / Patrick Pinkerton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pinkerton, Patrick, 1982- author.

Series:

Peace and security in the 21st century series

Peace and security in the 21st century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Derrida, Jacques.

Peace-building--Northern Ireland.

Peace-building.

Peace-building--Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Peace-building--Philosophy.

Conflict management--Northern Ireland.

Conflict management.

Conflict management--Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Philosophy.

Northern Ireland--Politics and government--1998-.

Northern Ireland.

Politics and government.

Bosnia and Herzegovina--Politics and government--1992-.

Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Physical Description:

xviii, 175 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]

Summary:

"This book interrogates the peace process by developing and applying concepts from the philosophy of Jacques Derrida, applying this novel analysis of the contested post-conflict political situations. The approach will both examine how this political context has developed, and provide a means of moving beyond it, through a 'deconstructive conclusion' which targets historical narratives of the conflicts, while simultaneously disrupting their contemporary political consequences. This provides a fresh interpretation of how the entrenchment of division in Northern Ireland and Bosnia and Herzegovina transpires, an examination of the ways in which this reification of division fails, and a means of moving beyond the dysfunction produced by this failure. This study provides a key contribution to both peacebuilding and Derridean scholarship within IR, through bringing a new critical perspective to the peacebuilding literature, and by demonstrating the utility of Derrida's key ideas through their application to fresh empirical terrain. This theoretical approach will demonstrate how Derridean concepts can be utilised to provide deep understandings of the real-world events under discussion, as well as allowing political interventions to be made into these processes"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The problems of peace in Northern Ireland and Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ethno-national policy learning : the 'two communities' supplement and 'the troubles' in Northern Ireland

Contradictory conflict frames : the 'Balkans' supplement and the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Post-conflict Northern Ireland : différance and devolution

Post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina : différance and ethnic politics

A deconstructive conclusion to the conflicts in Northern Ireland and BiH.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Pinkerton, Patrick, 1982- Deconstructing peace

ISBN:

9781786614070

1786614073

OCLC:

1225067458