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Introducing the Argument

The introduction provides an overall summary of the book’s argument as well as an answer to the question, So what? The goal of this argument, ultimately, is to develop a consistent yet flexible theoretical approach to political reconciliation rooted in the central idea of a pervasive, unavoidable interdependence between groups in conflict. It seeks to provide a roadmap through the three different sections of the book, which build on one another: one largely historical, one largely theoretical, and one largely programmatic. But the analysis that runs through these sections and binds them together is driven by three questions: how do reconciliations begin, how do they gain momentum, and how do they change society? The introduction explains this structure, which is important to keep in mind as a roadmap throughout the book. The introduction also develops a concept of transitional justice that operates in the background throughout the discussion of reconciliation.