Against the backdrop of sobering statistics regarding conflict traps it is important to ask how the termination of a violent conflict can lead to a more sustainable peace? One crucial aspect lies in the impact of the termination of a conflict on the communities concerned. With special reference...

This working paper presents an analytical framework for assessing how memory politics impacts on the quality of peace in societies transitioning from conflict. The framework captures the inherent fluidity and friction of memory politics and can be used to develop a typology of memory regimes....