"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

Autor/inn/en	Magill, Clare; Hamber, Brandon
Titel	"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
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 43 (2011) 2, S.509-527 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X10383644
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Interviews; Adolescent Attitudes; Conflict Resolution; Futures (of Society); Late Adolescents; Generational Differences; Political Influences; Economic Factors; Youth Problems; Concept Formation; Interpersonal Relationship; Responsibility; Peace; Barriers; Bosnia and Herzegovina; United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Conflict solving; Konfliktlösung; Konfliktregelung; Future; Society; Zukunft; Halbstarker; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Ökonomischer Faktor; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Verantwortungsübernahme; Zuständigkeit; Frieden; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Bosnien-Herzegowina
Abstract	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. (Contains 10 notes.) (As Provided).
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