Reconciliation in Conflict-Affected Communities: Practices and Insights from the Asia-Pacific

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This book focuses on the formal and informal reconciliation processes during conflict and post-conflict periods in various locations in the Asia-Pacific, and includes cases studies based on primary research conducted in countries such as Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, South Thailand, Bougainville and the Solomon Islands. It offers insights to further our understanding of the social and political processes of reconciliation in a region that has witnessed numerous armed conflicts, many of them perpetuating over generations. The book also draws lessons from the richness arising from diversity in terms of religious and cultural practices, social life, and forms of government and governance, and through the exploration of theories and practices of reconciliation in conflict and post-conflict contexts in the region. It provides useful reference material for researchers, academics, policy makers and students working in the areas of peacebuilding, conflict transformation, reconciliation, social cohesion, development, transitional justice and human rights in the Asia and Pacific region. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Introduction: Reconciliation—A Transformatory Process Across Culture and Society (Kathy Jenkins, D. B. Subedi, Bert Jenkins)....Pages 1-19 Victims and Perpetrators in Cambodia: Communities Moving Towards Reconciliation on a Rocky Road (Laura McGrew)....Pages 21-39 The Nexus Between Reintegration of Ex-combatants and Reconciliation in Nepal: A Social Capital Approach (D. B. Subedi, Bert Jenkins)....Pages 41-56 Building National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace in the Solomon Islands: The Missing Link (Louise Vella, Jack Maebuta)....Pages 57-74 Truth and Reconciliation in Timor-Leste: Reflections Ten Years on (Paddy Tobias)....Pages 75-90 Sri Lanka’s Developmental Path to Reconciliation: Narratives and Counter-Narratives from the Margins (D. B. Subedi, Frances Bulathsinghala)....Pages 91-110 The Spatial Dimensions of Conflict: Initiating the Process of Reconciliation in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan (Saira Bano Orakzai)....Pages 111-129 Transcending Conflicts, Transforming Relations: Finding Peace in India’s Northeast (Uddipana Goswami)....Pages 131-150 Religious Leadership and the Forging of an Enduring Narrative of Peace in the Aftermath of the Bougainville Crisis (Scott Fisher)....Pages 151-167 Moving Towards Amicability: An Insider Peacebuilding Platform as a Means to Reconciliation in the Patani Conflict in the Deep South of Thailand (Nansiri Iamsuk)....Pages 169-184 Reconciliation in Australia? Dreaming Beyond the Cult of Forgetfulness (Julie Collins, Warlpa Kutjika Thompson)....Pages 185-206 Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific: A Concluding Review of Ten Case Studies (Bert Jenkins, Kathy Jenkins, D. B. Subedi)....Pages 207-233 Back Matter ....Pages 235-237