Discourse, normative change and the quest for reconciliation in global politics / Judith Renner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Renner, Judith, 1980- author.

Series:

Manchester International Relations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reconciliation.

Peace-building.

Postwar reconstruction.

Communication in international relations.

Transitional justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 188 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book offers a new and critical perspective on the global reconciliation technology by highlighting its contingent and highly political character as an authoritative practice of post-conflict peacebuilding. After retracing the emergence of the reconciliation discourse from South Africa to the global level, the book demonstrates how implementing reconciliation in post-conflict societies is a highly political practice which entails potentially undesirable consequences for the post-conflict societies to which it is deployed. Inquiring into the example of Sierra Leone, the book shows how the reconciliation discourse brings about the marginalization and neutralization of political claims and identities of local populations by producing these societies as being composed of the 'victims' and 'perpetrators' of past human rights violations which are first and foremost in need of reconciliation and healing.

Contents:

Discourse, normative change and the quest for reconciliation in global politics

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. A discourse theoretical approach to normative change

2. The emergence of reconciliationas an empty universal in South Africa

3. The global proliferation of the reconciliation language in the context of the transitional justice discourse

4. The proliferation of reconciliation practices and the rise of a global reconciliation coalition

5. Bringing reconciliation to Sierra Leone: the global reconciliation discourse and its local performance

Conclusion

References

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Apr 2026).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-5261-3062-9

OCLC:

1029669644