Peacebuilding in Deeply Divided Societies Toward Social Cohesion

This book explores a critical question: in the wake of identity-based violence, what can internal and international peacebuilders do to help “deeply divided societies” rediscover a sense of living together? In 2016, ethnic, religious, and sectarian violen

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This series provides a new space in which to interrogate and challenge much of the conventional wisdom of political violence. International and multidisciplinary in scope, this series explores the causes, types and effects of contemporary violence connecting key debates on terrorism, insurgency, civil war and peace-making. The timely Rethinking Political Violence offers a sustained and refreshing analysis reappraising some of the fundamental questions facing societies in conflict today and understanding attempts to ameliorate the effects of political violence.

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14499

Fletcher D. Cox • Timothy D. Sisk Editors

Peacebuilding in Deeply Divided Societies Toward Social Cohesion?

Editors Fletcher D. Cox Department of Political Science William Jewell College Liberty, MO, USA

Rethinking Political Violence ISBN 978-3-319-50714-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-50715-6

Timothy D. Sisk Josef Korbel School of International Studies University of Denver Denver, Colorado, USA

ISBN 978-3-319-50715-6 (eBook)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

In a major, multi-author, multi-country study such as this there are many acknowledgements to individuals far and wide who contributed their time and insights to this research project on how to build peace in deeply divided societies. Especially important in this regard are the more than 300 interview participants who gave their time, and shared their exper