If They Don't Start Listening to Us, the Future Is Going to Look the Same as the Past

Young People and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland and Bosnia and Herzegovina

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2328883
AutoresClare Magill (INCORE-International Conflict Research Institute, Northern Ireland, UK,, autor de correspondencia), Brandon Hamber (0000-0003-1908-4040, INCORE-International Conflict Research Institute, Northern Ireland, UK)
Año2011
Volumen43
Número2
Páginas509-527
Fecha de publicación2011-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaYouth & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0044-118X • E-ISSN: 1552-8499
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0044118x10383644
OpenAlexW2157232905
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas4

This article, based on empirical research from Northern Ireland and Bosnia and Herzegovina, explores how young people conceptualize reconciliation and examines the meaning this concept holds for them. Qualitative data are collected through one-to-one interviews with young people aged 16 to 18 living in Northern Ireland ( N = 15) and Bosnia and Herzegovina ( N = 15). Results indicate that young people's conceptualizations of reconciliation are largely relationship based. In terms of their role in the reconciliation process, young people see themselves as both potential peacemakers and potential troublemakers. They feel that politicians and the older generations have a significant impact on whether the role of young people in the future would be constructive or destructive. The research finds that a lack of political and economic change was one of the major factors that negatively influenced the potential for reconciliation, as did the lack of intergenerational dialogue. The research also indicates that it is vital to include young people in the debate about reconciliation

Active listening · Constructive · Empirical research · Ethnology · Meaning (existential) · Northern ireland · Political science · Politics · Process (computing) · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Youth studies · Appreciative Inquiry and Organizational Change · Cambodian History and Society · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Science and Policy Research