Thick recognition : advancing theory on identity change in intractable conflicts / Lisa Strombom.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 2014Subject(s): Online resources: In: European Journal of International Relations Vol 20 No 1, March 2014, pp.168-191 (26)Summary: The resolution of intrastate conflict is one of the most difficult problems facing the international community since the end of the Cold War. This article suggests that many such conflicts are strongly influenced by understandings of identity while at the same time relations between groups in conflict "are characterised by continuous acts of misrecognition". Discusses distinctions between thin and thick recognition in International Relations theory and shows how the latter could be developed to aid conflict resolution.
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The resolution of intrastate conflict is one of the most difficult problems facing the international community since the end of the Cold War. This article suggests that many such conflicts are strongly influenced by understandings of identity while at the same time relations between groups in conflict "are characterised by continuous acts of misrecognition". Discusses distinctions between thin and thick recognition in International Relations theory and shows how the latter could be developed to aid conflict resolution.

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