Latin America between Conflict and Reconciliation

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-525-56011-2
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Buch, Englisch, Band Volume 001, Part, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 576 g

Reihe: Research in Peace and Reconciliation (RIPAR)

In the last decades, many countries in Latin America underwent a transition from dictatorship to democracy. Truth commissions were an essential instrument of uncovering politically motivated crimes and serious human rights violations. However, in many cases truth came without justice, perpetrators were not held accountable, and the reparations policy was rather restrictive. The authors of this volume address the issue from a transdisciplinary perspective. On the one hand, they focus on a past that is shaped by fierce conflicts but also by attempts of fostering reconciliation in the middle of conflict. On the other hand, they address a reconciliation that still lies in the future and has to do with justice.Their first part offers a collection of case studies that approach the topics of reconciliation and conflict resolution during and in the aftermath of dictatorship and civil war from different perspectives and academic disciplines. Their second part is dedicated to experiences with reconciliation, conflict resolution and migration from a global and comparative perspective.Several contributors reflect the Hölderlin perspective of “reconciliation in the middle of dispute”. Other contributions aim to deepen our theoretical understanding of reconciliation by exploring the diversity of interpretations of the concept itself and elaborating the specific benefit of reconciliatory approaches for a sustainable peace. Two authors offer an in-depth analysis of particular conflicts, and one article deals with the influence of religion and culture on the social role of Brazilian migrants in Japan.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leiner, Martin

Flämig, Susan

Weitere Mitwirkende

Tombs, David

Flämig, Susan

de Nanteuil, Matthieu

Chacón, Mariana

Lira, Elizabeth

Loveman, Brian

Rojas Corral, Hugo

Freudenberg, Katharina

Kitani, Kanan

Thesnaar, Christo

Hasenclever, Andreas

Sändig, Jan

Mucha, Witold

Bourgine, Benoît

Dermange, Francois

Doyle, Dennis

Gockel, Matthias

Mizutani, Makoto

Nadler, Arie

Schmitz, Bertram

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung

Leseproben

In the last decades, many countries in Latin America underwent a transition from dictatorship to democracy. Truth commissions were an essential instrument of uncovering politically motivated crimes and serious human rights violations. However, in many cases truth came without justice, perpetrators were not held accountable, and the reparation policy was rather restrictive. Susan Flämig and Martin Leiner address the issue from a transdisciplinary perspective and focus on the past shaped by fierce conflicts but also by attempts of fostering reconciliation. They also look at reconciliation still to come.>

Über Autor(innen)

Flämig, Susan
Susan Flämig ist Doktorandin am Department for Peace Studies der Universität von Bradford.

Gockel, Matthias
Matthias Gockel, Ph.D., ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Systematische Theologie an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität.

Schmitz, Bertram
Dr. theol., Dr. phil., habil. Bertram Schmitz ist Professor an der Universität Jena.

Leiner, Martin
Martin Leiner ist Professor für Systematische Theologie mit Schwerpunkt Ethik an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.

Dr. theol. Martin Leiner ist Professor für Systematische Theologie mit Schwerpunkt Ethik an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.