Countries emerging from intense and mass conflict, including (civil) war face extensive re-ordering of social structures and political institutions. Where this has been linked to issues of independence and majority rule, as in southern Africa, this entails an extensive re-definition of the national nexus. The proposed panel will look at the interrelationships that exist within this negotiating process between social structure, social identities and public discourse on reconciliation.
From father to son... negotiating for rights of
inclusion into the citizenry between State legitimacy and intergenerational
competition within the families of the ex-combatants in Namibia.
