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The Politics of Victimhood in Post-conflict SocietiesIntroduction: Understanding the Construction of Victimhood and the Evolving Role of Victims in Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

The Politics of Victimhood in Post-conflict Societies: Introduction: Understanding the... [The current volume analyses victims as political actors, a perspective that has been neglected by the literature. It does so by offering a first systematic analysis of what we see as a twofold research agenda, namely the interrelated themes of victimhood—victims, their individual and collective identities, and their role in and impact upon post-conflict societies—and the politics of victimhood—meaning how victimhood is defined, negotiated and contested, both socially and politically. After explaining the absence of a critical engagement with the politics of victimhood in the literature, the introduction presents a brief overview of the scholarship addressing victims and victimhood in transitional justice and peacebuilding processes. It then outlines the book’s research agenda in more detail. The introduction then closes signalling the contribution of the present volume and identifying areas for further research.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Politics of Victimhood in Post-conflict SocietiesIntroduction: Understanding the Construction of Victimhood and the Evolving Role of Victims in Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

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Editors: Druliolle, Vincent; Brett, Roddy
Druliolle, Vincent; Brett, Roddy
The Politics of Victimhood in Post-conflict Societies — Feb 21, 2018
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
ISBN
978-3-319-70201-8
Pages
1 –22
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-70202-5_1
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Abstract

[The current volume analyses victims as political actors, a perspective that has been neglected by the literature. It does so by offering a first systematic analysis of what we see as a twofold research agenda, namely the interrelated themes of victimhood—victims, their individual and collective identities, and their role in and impact upon post-conflict societies—and the politics of victimhood—meaning how victimhood is defined, negotiated and contested, both socially and politically. After explaining the absence of a critical engagement with the politics of victimhood in the literature, the introduction presents a brief overview of the scholarship addressing victims and victimhood in transitional justice and peacebuilding processes. It then outlines the book’s research agenda in more detail. The introduction then closes signalling the contribution of the present volume and identifying areas for further research.]

Published: Feb 21, 2018

Keywords: Peacebuilding; Politics of victimhood; Transitional justice; Victim; Victims’ mobilisation; Victimhood

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