Reconciliation and Architectures of Commitment: Sequencing peace in Bougainville

by Leah Dunn, Peter Reddy, Hilary Charlesworth, et al.

Following a bloody civil war, peace consolidated slowly and sequentially in Bougainville. That sequence was of both a top-down architecture of credible commitment in a formal peace process and layer upon layer of bottom-up reconciliation. Reconciliation was based on indigenous traditions of peacemaking. It also drew on Christian traditions of reconciliation, on training in restorative justice principles and on innovation in womens' peacebuilding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1921666684
• ISBN13: 9781921666681
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Anu Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.8"