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Victims have an absent-presence in post-conflict societies. This rather odd term is used deliberately to capture the ambiguous and contradictory status victims have in peace processes. They are talked about a great deal in popular culture, in the media and by politicians – they have a presence – but rarely are they heard directly. Their voice is absent; they are silenced. This absent-presence renders victims passive, for they are talked about aplenty but rarely heard from directly. This silence is despite the fact that victims are central to the success of any peace process.
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Brewer, J.D., Hayes, B.C., Teeney, F., Dudgeon, K., Mueller-Hirth, N., Wijesinghe, S.L. (2018). Introduction. In: The Sociology of Everyday Life Peacebuilding. Palgrave Studies in Compromise after Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78975-0_1
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