Inclusion and Political Representation in Peacemaking

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Inclusion and Political Representation in Peacemaking is written by Isa Lima Mendes and published by Springer Nature. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3031940318 (ISBN 10) and 9783031940316 (ISBN 13).

This book addresses the issue of societal inclusion in peacemaking from a conceptual viewpoint seldom mobilized by Conflict Resolution literature: the one of political representation. It reviews how the inclusion debate enters and is developed within the peace and conflict field, proposing, instead, to analyze it through the theoretical lens of political representation. Claiming that it provides better tools to understand the social articulations, oppressions and tensions behind political dynamics inherent to the limited space of the negotiation table, the book discusses the role played by Colombian women in the Havana Dialogues with the former FARC-EP. Whereas articulated women’s movements were able to overcome initial hesitation concerning their inclusion and had real impact in the final agreement, ultimately both inclusions and exclusions are involved in (and stem from) such representation.