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This chapter attempts to provide a basic framework for a sociology of ethnic conflict and reconciliation in deeply divided societies that have suffered from ethnic-related violence.1 Despite the specialized knowledge and literature on the subject, ethnic conflict and reconciliation has received relatively little attention in sociological debates.
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Trimikliniotis, N. (2014). Can We Learn from Comparing Violent Conflicts and Reconciliation Processes? For a Sociology of Conflict and Reconciliation Going beyond Sociology. In: Borg, C., Grech, M. (eds) Lorenzo Milani’s Culture of Peace. Palgrave Macmillan’s Postcolonial Studies in Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-38212-2_17
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