The Sociology of Compromise after Conflict

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This book introduces a new and original sociological conceptualization of compromise after conflict and is based on six-years of study amongst victims of conflict in Northern Ireland, South Africa and Sri Lanka, with case studies from Sierra Leone and Colombia. A sociological approach to compromise is contrasted with approaches in Moral and Political Philosophy and is evaluated for its theoretical utility and empirical robustness with in-depth interview data from victims of conflicts around the globe. The individual chapters are written to illustrate, evaluate and test the conceptualization using the victim data, and an afterword reflects on the new empirical agenda in victim research opened up by a sociological approach to compromise. This volume is part of a larger series of works from a programme advancing a sociological approach to peace processes with a view to seeing how orthodox approaches within International Relations and Political Science are illuminated by the application of the sociological imagination. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxix Towards a Sociology of Compromise (John D. Brewer)....Pages 1-29 Victims and Compromise in Northern Ireland (Katrin Dudgeon, John D. Brewer)....Pages 31-49 Trust as a Compromise Mediator in Northern Ireland’s Victim Support Groups (Laura K. Graham)....Pages 51-74 Barriers to Trust in a ‘Peace Process Generation’: Ambivalence in Young Catholics in Northern Ireland (Aimee Smith)....Pages 75-101 Forgiveness and the Practice of Compromise in Post-apartheid South Africa (Natascha Mueller-Hirth)....Pages 103-128 Peace Religiosity and Forgiveness Among War Victims in Sri Lanka (Shirley Lal Wijesinghe, John D. Brewer)....Pages 129-155 The Road to Compromise in Sri Lanka (Bernadette C. Hayes, John D. Brewer)....Pages 157-178 Compromise Without Virtue: Male Child Soldier Reintegration in Sierra Leone (Rachel Anderson)....Pages 179-206 Religious Emotions and Forgiveness in the Context of the Peace Process in Colombia (Sandra M. Rios Oyola)....Pages 207-228 Conclusion: Afterword on the Sociology of Compromise (John D. Brewer)....Pages 229-256 Back Matter ....Pages 257-279