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Chapter 1. Introduction: Negotiating perilous relations: quandaries of reconciliation / Mark Anstey and Valerie Rosoux. Chapter 2. Reconciliation as a puzzle: walking among definitions / Valerie Rosoux. Chapter 3. Reconciliation, morality and moral compromise / Rudolf Schüssler. Chapter 4. Power, negotiation and reconciliation / Mark Anstey. Chapter 5. Time and reconciliation: dealing with festering wounds / Valerie Rosoux. Chapter 6. Gender and peace negotiations: why gendering peace negotiations multiplies opportunities for reconciliation / Élise Féron. Chapter 7. Reconciliation and development / Mark Anstey. Chapter 8. Rwanda: the limits of a negotiated justice / Valerie Rousoux and Aggée Shayaka Mugabe. Chapter 9. The refugee issue in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process: the (im)possibility of negotiating accountability / Laetitia Bucaille. Chapter 10. Russian-Polish reconciliation and negotiation / Igor Gretskiy. Chapter 11. Negotiating and sharing power: Burundi's bumpy road to reconciliation without truth / Stef Vandeginste. Chapter 12. Security and reconciliation: introducing soft security 2.0 to reconciliation dynamics / Moty Cristal. Chapter 13. Reconciliation and the land question in South Africa: a case for negotiation? / Gavin Bradshaw, Richard Haines and Mark Anstey. Chapter 14. "When shall we not forgive?" The Israeli-German reparations agreement: the interface between negotiation and reconciliation / Aviv Melamud and Mordechai (Moti) Melamud. Chapter 15. Tensions between short term outcomes and long term peacebuilding in post-war Sri Lanka / Nick Lewer. Chapter 16. Negotiating grassroots reconciliation in the context of social disintegration in post-apartheid South Africa / Ruben Richards. Chapter 17. Lessons for theory: reconciliation as a constant negotiation / Valerie Rosoux. Chapter 18. Lessons for practice / Mark Anstey.

"This book offers a unique approach to reconciliation as a matter for negotiation, bringing together two bodies of theory in order to offer insights into resolving conflicts and achieving lasting peace. It argues that reconciliation should not be simply accepted as an 'agreed-upon norm' within peacemaking processes, but should receive serious attention from belligerents and peace-brokers seeking to end violent conflicts through negotiation.The book explores different meanings the term 'reconciliation' might hold for parties in conflict - the end of overt hostilities, a transformation in the quality of relations between warring groups, a vehicle of accountability and punishment of human rights abusers or the means through which they might somehow acquire amnesty, and as a means of atonement and to material reparation. It considers what gives energy to the idea of reconciliation in a conflict situation--why do belligerents become interested in settling their differences and changing their attitudes to one another? Using a range of case studies and thematic discussion, chapters in this book seek to tackle these tough questions from a multidisciplinary perspective.Contributions to the book reveal some of the complexities of national and international reconciliation projects, but particularly diverse understandings of reconciliation and how to achieve it. All conflicts reflect unique dynamics, aspirations and power realities. It is precisely because parties in conflict differ in expectations of reconciliation outcomes that its processes should be negotiated. This book is a valuable resource for both scholars and practitioners engaged in resolving conflicts and transforming fragmented relations in conflict and post-conflict situations." -- Taken from back cover.