{"product_id":"peacebuilding-memory-and-reconciliation-bridging-top-down-and-bottom-up-approaches-9780415721295","title":"Peacebuilding, Memory and Reconciliation: Bridging Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bruno Charbonneau\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Peace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book aims to bridge the gap between what are generally referred to as 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' approaches to peacebuilding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the experience of a physical and psychological trauma, the period of individual healing and recovery is intertwined with political and social reconciliation. The prospects for social and political reconciliation are undermined when a 'top-down' approach is favoured over the 'bottom-up strategy'- the prioritization of structural stability over societal well-being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeacebuilding, Memory and Reconciliation\u003c\/em\u003e explores the inextricable link between psychological recovery and socio-political reconciliation, and the political issues that dominate this relationship. Through an examination of the construction of social narratives about or for peace, the text offers a new perspective on peacebuilding, which challenges and questions the very nature of the dichotomy between 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of much interest to students of peacebuilding, peace and conflict studies, social psychology, political science and IR in general.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45236321943703,"sku":"9780415721295","price":4068.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780415721295.webp?v=1769212616","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/peacebuilding-memory-and-reconciliation-bridging-top-down-and-bottom-up-approaches-9780415721295","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}