Format: Bez.155x232, Aufriss: HuCo Carolina Rehrmann / Rafael Biermann / Phillip Tolliday (eds.) Societies in Transition The Caucasus and the Balkans between Conflict and Reconciliation 31 mm Rehrmann / Biermann / Tolliday (eds.) Societies in Transition RIPAR 5 9 783525 522066 ISBN 978-3-525-52206-6 RESEARCH IN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION VOLUME 5 This volume investigates the potential and pitfalls of reconciliation in two regions of Europe, which have experienced multiple violent conflicts since the Cold War ended. It starts out with conceptual contributions on reconciliation theory and collective memory, followed by contributions assessing the state of reconciliation in the Balkans and the Caucasus. The subsequent case studies aim at understanding the socio-emotional root causes of political cleavages as well as the impact of competing narratives and unprocessed pasts on exclusive identities and strategic choices. They shed light on the origins of interethnic violence, offer explanations for the intractability of many conflicts and discuss the challenges for their resolution. With contributions by Despina Angelovska, Eva-Maria Auch, Fernando Avakian, Rafael Biermann, Sanja Ćopić, Michael Humphrey, Mariat Imaeva, Jovana Janinovic, Ekaterina Klimenko, Sonja Arsham Kuftinec, Vesna Nikolić-Ristanović, Carolina Rehrmann, Phillip Tolliday and Michelle Veljanovska. The editors Dr. Carolina Rehrmann is PostDoc at the Chair for International Relations and Executive Manager of the Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies, both at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany. Prof. Rafael Biermann is Chair of International Relations at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany. Prof. Phillip Tolliday is Adjunct Senior Research Fellow for Public and Contextual Theology at the Charles Sturt University in Adelaide, Australia.