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Lisa Strömbom universitetslektor och docent i Statsvetenskap, svartvitt foto. Fotograf: Johan persson.

Lisa Strömbom

Docent | Universitetslektor

Lisa Strömbom universitetslektor och docent i Statsvetenskap, svartvitt foto. Fotograf: Johan persson.

Thick Recognition: Advancing thoery on identity change in intractable conlficts

Författare

  • Lisa Strömbom

Summary, in English

This study relates the concept of recognition to processes of conflict transformation. The recognition concept has been underdeveloped in recent IR literature, where the main emphasis has been on interstate relations and on recognition as cause of conflict.

This article challenges that understanding through the introduction of the concept of thick recognition. Thus an understanding of recognition which is applicable also in intrastate conflicts is developed. Through a strong emphasis on intrastate relations and

identity politics, I develop thoughts on how narratives of war can be reversed through the introduction of narratives of recognition. The study thus provides theoretical concepts and distinctions that can be used as a framework for the study of thick recognition and its relationship to broader processes of conflict transformation. The theoretical framework is employed in a case study on the Israeli debates about ‘New History’. Insights from the case contribute to understandings of inhibiting and facilitating circumstances for the introduction of narratives of thick recognition in conflicted societies. The study ends with a discussion on the usefulness of the

theoretical concepts for further work on recognition within the field of IR.

Avdelning/ar

  • MECW: The Middle East in the Contemporary World
  • Centrum för Mellanösternstudier (CMES)
  • Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

Publiceringsår

2014

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

168-191

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

European Journal of International Relations

Volym

20

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

SAGE Publications

Ämne

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Nyckelord

  • Intrastate war
  • intractable conflict
  • thick recognition
  • Israel
  • history
  • identity

Aktiv

Published

Projekt

  • Exploring peace gaps in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1460-3713