Definitions of Peace and Reconciliation in Russia and the Balkans

Miheljak, Vlado; Polič, Marko; Cogan, Chelsea M.; Lane, Heather; Parnyuk, Natalia; Yalcinkaya, Alev; McCarthy, Sherri; Medvedeva, A. V.; Petrović, Nebojša; Tsatsaroni, Charikleia

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“…This international study aimed at exploring definitions of peace and reconciliation across the world. The chapter that described definitions in Russia and the Balkans (Miheljak et al, 2013) did not include B&H in its sample. That was why it was assumed that this set of codes would not suffice to include all possible codes that would emerge in the data.…”

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Construing Reconciliation – Lay People Definitions in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Qualitative Approach

Karić

Mihić

2020

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To define intergroup reconciliation is still a dynamic topic in social-psychological research, and lay people are seldom included in the study. Given that post-conflict processes in the context of Bosnia and Herzegovina are still marked by ethnic divisions, the main aim of our research has been to explore how Serbs and Bosniaks define reconciliation. We applied focus groups methodology to investigate this question. Eight mono-ethnic focus groups were conducted with Serbs and Bosniaks, in Sarajevo and Banja Luka. 56 people participated in total. The results showed that both groups defined reconciliation in terms of accepting the outgroup, achieving ordinary life and political reconciliation. However, groups differed in certain definitions. Bosniaks conceptualized reconciliation as facing the past, resolving past issues, economic sustainability, and future orientation. Parts of definition provided mostly by Serbs included cooperation, respect, understanding, and building relationships. Results were discussed in the light of available reconciliation literature, as well as collective narratives about 1990s war.

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Construing Reconciliation – Lay People Definitions in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Qualitative Approach

Karić

Mihić

2020

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Priority Areas in United Nations Peace Building Fund (Survey and Critical Analysis)

Haq¹,

Cooray²

2016

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For a decade an exclusive United Nations (UN) Peace building Architecture (PBA) has been at work. The United Nations established Peace building fund to meet the challenges of financing peace building activities in four priority areas. Authors argue that practically the Peace building fund bypasses the lasting approach by not accommodating conflict prevention in the first place. Though, researchers found that although the funds allocated to priority areas, provide a comprehensive vision for lasting peace at policy level, yet the projects are bound under programme limitations as current focus of PBA is in post-conflict rehabilitation. The authors highlight that UN however, can make use of PBF priority areas flexibility to help and cover fragile countries as well. In addition, author's consensus is that the management of natural resources and environmental issue should be given appropriate importance due to their leverage.

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Definitions of Peace and Reconciliation in Russia and the Balkans

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Construing Reconciliation – Lay People Definitions in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Qualitative Approach

Construing Reconciliation – Lay People Definitions in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Qualitative Approach

Priority Areas in United Nations Peace Building Fund (Survey and Critical Analysis)

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