Promoting Conflict or Peace through Identity

Herausgeber: Slocum-Bradley, Nikki R.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Developing a solid basis for future research and training, this illuminating volume facilitates peace and mutual understanding between people by addressing a root cause of social conflicts: identity constructions. Eight case studies examine how identities are constructed, how they relate to borders and in what ways they foment peace or conflict. The volume formulates an analytical framework for understanding the role of identity constructions in conflict or peace.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 534g
• ISBN-13: 9780754672449
• ISBN-10: 0754672441
• Artikelnr.: 47516609

Autorenporträt

Nikki R. Slocum-Bradley is Research Fellow at the United Nations University, Belgium.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: Borders of the Mind, NikkiSlocum-Bradley; Chapter 2
The Making of Nations in Belgium and Western Europe in Historical
Perspective (Fifteenth-Twentieth Century): National Ideology, Ethnicity,
Language and Politics, SébastienDubois; Chapter 3 Identity Construction and
Citizenship Conflicts in Central Nigeria, OgohAlubo; Chapter 4 The
Formation of National Identity in Israel/Palestine: The Construction of
Spatial Knowledge and Contested Territorial Narratives, DavidNewman;
Chapter 5 Borders of/on the Mind, Borders in the Jungle: Islamic Insurgency
and Ethno-Religious Irredentism in Southern Thailand, DavidCamroux,
DonPathan; Chapter 6 The Positioning Diamond: Conceptualizing Identity
Constructions at the US-Mexico Border, NikkiSlocum-Bradley; Chapter 7
Identity Construction in the EU, NAFTA and Mercosur: Opportunities for
Peace and Conflict, FrancescoDuina; Chapter 8 Religion and Regional
Planning: The Case of the Emerging 'Shi'a Region', Fathali M.Moghaddam;
Chapter 9 Custom and Identity: Reflections on and Representations of
Violence in Melanesia, M. AnneBrown; Chapter 10 Crossing Mental Borders:
Constructing a Laissez-Passer for Peace, NikkiSlocum-Bradley;