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Agonistic peace
Author_Lisa Strombom
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Colombia
conflict transformation
dialogue
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IsraelPalestine
local peace
memory politics
memory studies
Memoryscapes
Northern Ireland
peace process
peacebuilding
Policyscapes
Politics of memory
Product details
- ISBN 9781399545785
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 31 Mar 2026
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This is a book about the power of memory in fractured societies and initiatives that resist pressures to simplify history. It traces the intricate pathways of local dialogue initiatives in three of the world's most emotionally charged conflicts: Colombia, Israel-Palestine, and Northern Ireland.
There, the past is always contested terrain—it is present, alive and deeply political. The book draws on agonistic peace theory, which proposes continued contestation, discussion and disagreement - in non-violent, constructive forms - as the most productive way to transform violent conflicts.
Focusing on how local organisations can work to facilitate dialogue about conflict memory, the analyses rely on interview-based case studies where organisations working on bringing people together to juxtapose their memories of these conflicts are probed. The results underline that safeguarding dialogue spaces, stimulating counter-hegemonic forces and the circulation of memory between memoryscapes at different scales are crucial enabling factors for successful agonistic memory work.
Lisa Strömbom is Associate Professor in Political Science at Lund University, where she is a former Director of Peace and Conflict Studies.
