Everyday Reconciliation in Post-Khmer Rouge Cambodia: Subtle Agency and Hidden Narratives

This book explores the nature of everyday peace mobilized in post-conflict settings, focusing on the reconstruction of relationships between local communities and former Khmer Rouge leaders in Cambodia. It aims to reveal key features of everyday peace, such as plurality, connectivity, and subtlety, and the agency of local communities in peacebuilding. The research questions examine what everyday peace looks like, what forms of everyday practice have been developed, and how the local process for relationship building relates to wider peacebuilding and governance contexts. The volume will present new conceptual and theoretical innovations relevant to the debates on everyday peace, with an empirical examination of Cambodia.

Format: Hardback
Length: 180 pages
Publication date: 22 October 2022
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This comprehensive book delves into the intricate nature of everyday peace mobilized in post-conflict settings, with a specific focus on examining the reconstruction of relationships between local communities and former Khmer Rouge leaders in Cambodia. By employing social reconciliation as a key indicator of peace, the study aims to unveil the essential characteristics of everyday peace, including its plurality, interconnectedness, and subtlety. Through an empirical examination, the research will shed light on the agency of local communities in fostering peacebuilding, challenging prevailing narratives related to the Khmer Rouge, and contributing to the broader discourse on everyday peace.

Research questions that will be explored include:

What constitutes everyday peace in this context? What forms of everyday practices have community members developed and utilized? How does the local process of relationship building align with the broader peacebuilding and governance contexts in the country? How have community members navigated and challenged mainstream narratives related to the Khmer Rouge in their pursuit of peace?

The volume aims to present novel conceptual and theoretical insights that are relevant to the core debates surrounding everyday peace. Through an empirical examination of Cambodia, the book seeks to provide a rich and nuanced understanding of the complexities and dynamics of peacebuilding in post-conflict contexts.

Weight: 386g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031139864
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022