Reconciliation after terrorism : strategy, possibility or absurdity? / edited by Judith Renner and Alexander Spencer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Reconciling the seemingly irreconcilable? / Judith Renner and Alexander Spencer -- Orthodox terrorism theory and reconciliation : the transition out of terrorism / Jason Franks -- Marginalizing 'victims' and 'terrorists' : modes of exclusion in the reconciliation process / Michael Humphrey -- Reconciliation following terrorism in South Tyrol : a successful story of peacemaking by consociational democracy and power-sharing / Gun̈ther Pallaver and Manuel Fasser -- Reconciliation and paramilitaries in Northern Ireland / Marie Breen-Smyth -- Reconciliation with 'terrorists' : understanding the legacy of terror in South Africa / Nokukhanya Mncwabe and Hugo van der Merwe -- Overcoming terrorism in Peru without negotiation or reconciliation / David Scott Palmer -- Undermining reconciliation : Columbian peace spoilers in-and outside the negotation process / Katrin Planta and Carolin Goerzig -- Talking : a potential path to reconciliation in Mindanao / Harmonie Toros -- Terror, empathy and reconciliation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Yehudith Auerbach and Ifat Maoz -- Conclusion : the (im)possibility of reconcilaiton in Afghanistan and the 'war on terror' / Judith Renner and Alexander Spencer.

"Reconciliation after Terrorism brings together scholars from the hitherto disparate fields of terrorism and reconciliation studies, in order to examine whether reconciliation is a possible strategy for dealing with and ending a terrorist conflict. Although terrorist activities often play a role in situations of conflict and transition, terrorists are generally not taken into consideration as active participants by researchers and practitioners. In some cases, the terrorists turn into political actors during the reconciliation process and their past is not an issue anymore, as it was the case with the ANC in South Africa. This book examines the notion of reconciliation with terrorists from a theoretical and empirical perspective. The notion of engagement and reconciliation with terrorist groups is generally seen as problematic, if not impossible. This is somewhat surprising, given that the idea of societal reconciliation has become a common response to state terror-although not usually in situations of conflict with sub-state terrorist actors. Similar to state terror, sub-state terrorism is a sign of a deep societal rift which reconciliation measures may help to overcome. The text investigates the reconciliatory process further, raising the central questions: (a) what constitutes "reconciliation" as a process and an outcome; and (b) how can reconciliation be facilitated in a situation of social conflict. This book will be of much interest to students of terrorism studies, transitional justice, conflict resolution, peace and conflict studies and IR in general."--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.