The Sociology of Everyday Life Peacebuilding

Abstract

This text uses in-depth interview data with victims of conflict in Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Sri Lanka to offer a new, sociological conceptualization of everyday life peacebuilding. It argues that sociological ideas about the nature of everyday life complement and supplement the concept of everyday life peacebuilding recently theorized within International Relations Studies (IRS). Intro; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Authors; 1: Introduction; Introduction; The Compromise AfterConflict Research Programme; Victims andCompromise inNorthern Ireland (2009-13); Victims andCompromise inSri Lanka (2011-14); Compromise inSouth Africa (2010-13); Victimhood, Truth Recovery andtheDevelopment ofCompromise (2010-12); Victim Centred Peacebuilding; Bibliography; 2: Centring Victims inPeacebuilding; Introduction; What Is Everyday Life?; The Brutalization ofEveryday Life; Victims andtheBrutalization ofEveryday Life The Social Construction ofVictimhoodThe Additional Layers ofMeaning toVictimhood; Victims asaProblem inPeace Processes; Victims asBurden ontheExchequer; Politicization ofVictim Issues; Politicization by Victims; Canonization of'Preferred' Victims; Lack ofAgency andAutonomy ofVictims; Lack ofVoice by Victims; Cultural andPolitical Tropes ofVictimhood; Centring Victims inPeacebuilding; Conclusion; Bibliography; 3: Northern Ireland Voices; Introduction; The Northern Irish Conflict; The Northern Irish Sample ofVictims; Who Are theVictims?; Victims' Emotional Landscape Coping andStressDealing withthePast; Hope andOptimism fortheFuture; Conclusion; Bibliography; 4: South African Voices; Introduction; The South African Conflict; Who Is theVictim?; Victims andVictim Identity; Victims' Emotional Landscape; Hope andOptimism foraBetter Future; A Shared Non-racial Future?; Dealing withthePast; Conclusion; Bibliography; 5: Sri Lankan Voices; Introduction; The Sri Lankan Conflict; The Legacy ofaVictor's Peace; The Brutalisation oftheVictor's Peace andIts Implications forWhat Peace Means; Victims' Emotional Landscape; Hopes fortheFuture ConclusionBibliography; 6: Everyday Life Peacebuilding; Introduction; What Is Everyday Life?; What Is Everyday Life Peacebuilding?; Roger Mac Ginty andEveryday Life Peacebuilding; Everyday Life Peacebuilding andtheProblem ofDealing withthePast; The Problems withEveryday Life Peacebuilding; The Sociology ofEveryday Mundane Reasoning byVictims; Mundane Reasoning andEveryday Life Peacebuilding; Reasserting Normal Routines asPeacebuilding; Tolerance, Civility andCompromise asEveryday Life Accomplishments; Everyday Life Peacebuilding or Ordinary Virtues?; Review oftheArgument Mainstreaming Victims inPeace ProcessesThe Reversal ofVictim Mainstreaming inSouth Africa; Conclusion; Bibliography; 7: Conclusion; Introduction; Absent-Present Victim Voices; Variations intheCase Countries; Temporal Tipping Points; The Sociology ofEveryday Life Peacebuilding; The Importance ofEveryday Life Peacebuilding; The Limitations ofEveryday Life Peacebuilding; Conclusion; Bibliography; Bibliography; Index