Crossing Boundaries during Peace and Conflict: Transforming identity in Chiapas and in Northern Ireland

by M. Hoewer

Overview

The book takes the reader into the world of women who become actively involved in various mobilization processes in the peace and conflict situations in Chiapas and in Northern Ireland. Detailing how women cross identity boundaries in regions of conflict, the book combines traditional and qualitative research methods in groundbreaking new research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349480203
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	11/06/2014
Series:	The Politics of Intersectionality
Edition description:	1st ed. 2014
Pages:	227
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Melanie Hoewer is Lecturer at the University College Dublin School of Politics & International Relations.

Table of Contents

Foreword Introduction PART I: ADDRESSING COMPLEXITY AND DIFFERENCE. A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 1. Identity in Transition: Concept, Context and Complexity 2. Addressing Complexity and Difference in Research Methodology PART II: THE VOICES 3. From the Margin to the Centre: Female Narratives of Ethno-national Mobilization 4. The Meaning of Contentious Peace: A Multi-layered Approach to Conflict Settlement PART III: CONNECTING VOICES. LESSONS FROM COLLECTIVE IDENTITY PROCESSES 5. Connecting Boundary Processes during Episodes of Mobilization and Demobilization 6. Lessons Learned from Listening to Women's Voices in Peace and Conflict Situations Bibliography