Hoving, Tiny (2016) Identity in Peace and Conflict. Master thesis, Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation.
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Abstract
Peacebuilding has increasingly gained the attention of scholars over the past decades. Many have studied peacebuilding initiatives in conflict situations from different angles, ranging from national and political to grassroots and psychological peacebuilding. Although these studies have increased our understanding of peacebuilding and conflict, they do not often incorporate all levels of society into the analysis. However, it is an important insight of social and religious studies: especially when it comes to the role of religion in conflict and peacebuilding (but the same is true for ethnicity and culture) that the context of actions and decisions matter much for understanding the situation. This study therefore aims to show that all levels of society are interconnected and thus that all levels of society are part of the context of decisions of actors at these different levels. Besides it aims to show how peacebuilding and conflict as such cannot easily be separated but are interrelated and mutually influencing through all these levels. This study shows that an inclusive and context-sensitive analysis of conflict and peace can be done by building an analytical framework based on identity-theory. The framework is based on identity insecurity, selfing and othering and identity politics, all identity aspects that are widely acknowledged as important in conflict and peace. This framework is then put to the test in an analysis of the conflict and peace situation in Nigeria. Through analyzing actors at the national, regional, local and international level in conflict and peacebuilding in terms of identity, cross-level processes are uncovered that provide for more understanding of the role of religion, ethnicity and culture in peace and conflict. Eventually, this thesis shows that there are interesting insights to be gained by connecting levels and connecting peace and conflict, which can add to current debates about peacebuilding.
| Type: | Thesis (Master) | ||||||||||||
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| Degree programme: | Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation | ||||||||||||
| Academic year: | 2014- 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Date of delivery: | 18 Nov 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Last modified: | 18 Nov 2016 12:47 | ||||||||||||
| URI: | https://rcs.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/79 |
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