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Reconciliation in Conflict-Affected Communities

Practices and Insights from the Asia-Pacific

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Editors:
  1. Bert Jenkins

    1. Peace Studies, University of New England, Armidale, Australia

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  2. D. B. Subedi

    1. Peace Studies, University of New England, Armidale, Australia

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  3. Kathy Jenkins

    1. School of Education, University of New England, Armidale, Australia

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  • Presents case studies from conflict and post-conflict contexts alike
  • Includes a diverse range of case studies written by academics, largely based on field research and primary data – with a focus on community level reconciliation
  • Revisits the theory and practice of reconciliation
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Reconciliation—A Transformatory Process Across Culture and Society

    • Kathy Jenkins, D. B. Subedi, Bert Jenkins
    Pages 1-19

  3. Victims and Perpetrators in Cambodia: Communities Moving Towards Reconciliation on a Rocky Road

    • Laura McGrew
    Pages 21-39

  4. The Nexus Between Reintegration of Ex-combatants and Reconciliation in Nepal: A Social Capital Approach

    • D. B. Subedi, Bert Jenkins
    Pages 41-56

  5. Building National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace in the Solomon Islands: The Missing Link

    • Louise Vella, Jack Maebuta
    Pages 57-74

  6. Truth and Reconciliation in Timor-Leste: Reflections Ten Years on

    • Paddy Tobias
    Pages 75-90

  7. Sri Lanka’s Developmental Path to Reconciliation: Narratives and Counter-Narratives from the Margins

    • D. B. Subedi, Frances Bulathsinghala
    Pages 91-110

  8. The Spatial Dimensions of Conflict: Initiating the Process of Reconciliation in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan

    • Saira Bano Orakzai
    Pages 111-129

  9. Transcending Conflicts, Transforming Relations: Finding Peace in India’s Northeast

    • Uddipana Goswami
    Pages 131-150

  10. Religious Leadership and the Forging of an Enduring Narrative of Peace in the Aftermath of the Bougainville Crisis

    • Scott Fisher
    Pages 151-167

  11. Moving Towards Amicability: An Insider Peacebuilding Platform as a Means to Reconciliation in the Patani Conflict in the Deep South of Thailand

    • Nansiri Iamsuk
    Pages 169-184

  12. Reconciliation in Australia? Dreaming Beyond the Cult of Forgetfulness

    • Julie Collins, Warlpa Kutjika Thompson
    Pages 185-206

  13. Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific: A Concluding Review of Ten Case Studies

    • Bert Jenkins, Kathy Jenkins, D. B. Subedi
    Pages 207-233

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 235-237
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About this book

This book focuses on the formal and informal reconciliation processes during conflict and post-conflict periods in various locations in the Asia-Pacific, and includes cases studies based on primary research conducted in countries such as Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, South Thailand, Bougainville and the Solomon Islands. It offers insights to further our understanding of the social and political processes of reconciliation in a region that has witnessed numerous armed conflicts, many of them perpetuating over generations. The book also draws lessons from the richness arising from diversity in terms of religious and cultural practices, social life, and forms of government and governance, and through the exploration of theories and practices of reconciliation in conflict and post-conflict contexts in the region. It provides useful reference material for researchers, academics, policy makers and students working in the areas of peacebuilding, conflict transformation, reconciliation, social cohesion, development, transitional justice and human rights in the Asia and Pacific region.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Peace Studies, University of New England, Armidale, Australia

    Bert Jenkins, D. B. Subedi

  • School of Education, University of New England, Armidale, Australia

    Kathy Jenkins

About the editors

Dr Bert Jenkins (editor) is Senior Lecturer in Peace Studies at UNE, in the School of Humanities, where he served as ‘Discipline Convenor’ for over seven years and ‘Higher Degree Research Coordinator’ for two. He has a background in environmental studies, ecological restoration and peace education. His research interests include environmental peace, spiritual ecology and subtropical forest gardening. His research for over a decade has focused on environmental, development and peace issues on the island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. His current research interest is human-wildlife conflict in Asia.

DB Subedi (editor) has a PhD in Peace Studies from the University of New England, Australia, where he currently lectures in the School of Humanities. His research interests include peacebuilding and conflict transformation; post-conflict recovery; disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) and security sector reform (SSR), reconciliation; radicalisation, countering violent extremism and violence prevention. He has conducted fieldwork in South and South East Asia, especially Nepal, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. He has published several journal articles, monographs and edited books and policy briefing papers in the field of peace, conflict and security studies. 

Kathy Jenkins (editor) is a lecturer in and Team leader of the Learning and Teaching Team, School of Education, University of New England. She was a practicing teacher prior to this in both Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, and spends her time teaching and researching in order to link theory to effective practice in education. Kathy has also researched in the area of Environmental Education and Peace Education, which among other adjectival educations (Human Rights Education), are closely linked to each other. During this time, Kathy has published about how cooperative learning provides a sound theoretical and effective practical basis for the facilitation of Peace Education, as well as having worked on the development of the ‘Peace Education Curriculum for Bougainville’, the direct result of a lengthy dialogic process that took place in the post conflict society of Bougainville.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Reconciliation in Conflict-Affected Communities

  • Book Subtitle: Practices and Insights from the Asia-Pacific

  • Editors: Bert Jenkins, D. B. Subedi, Kathy Jenkins

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6800-3

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-6798-3Published: 16 November 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4948-5Published: 11 February 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-6800-3Published: 29 October 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 237

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Comparative Politics, Regional and Cultural Studies, Human Rights

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