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The Order of Victimhood

Violence, Hierarchy and Building Peace in Northern Ireland
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This book explores how the construction and contestation of victims in societies emerging from conflict impact processes of peacebuilding. It locates its inquiry in Northern Ireland where highly politicized, unresolved narratives of violence and a so-called ‘hierarchy of victims’ illuminate inherent paradoxes of victimhood in intergroup conflict. The author critiques how mechanisms designed to address the legacy of conflict often reify exclusive ‘victim’ and ‘perpetrator’ identities and obscure complex harm. Adopting an interdisciplinary lens, the book examines how the image of the ideal victim interacts with intergroup processes in a polarizing and intractable victim-perpetrator paradigm. The analysis of these issues in Northern Ireland suggests that exclusive policies and mechanisms reinforce rather than repair societal divisions, and that inclusive, complex approaches to victimhood are necessary to build sustainable peace. This book will be of particular interest to scholars of peace studies, transitional justice and criminology.

Author Biography:

Sarah E. Jankowitz is Research Associate at the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool, and former Research Associate in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield. She completed her Doctorate at Trinity College Dublin and spent several years participating in grassroots peacebuilding initiatives in Northern Ireland.
Release date Australia
October 12th, 2018
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Edition
1st ed. 2018
Illustrations
XII, 218 p.
Pages
218
ISBN-13
9783319983271
Product ID
28271571

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