Post-conflict peacebuilding : social reconstruction and reconciliation through dialogue

Abstract

Abstract:

This thesis explores how sustained dialogue can provide reconciliation in post-conflict societies. First the thesis describes changes in the nature of international conflict that has emerged since the end of the cold war. It then goes on to provide a social psychological theory of how to understand identity groups in conflict in contemporary societies. The paper continues with a discussion, based on the theoretical understanding provided earlier, of sustained dialogue and its role as a tool for social reconstruction in a post-conflict society.