@article{0e4c2a915a074b1fbfdf6caf8dbd751c,
title = "Beyond intragroup betrayal during intergroup relational peacebuilding",
abstract = "This article addresses a neglected human cost of relational peacebuilding, identified in an earlier article on {\textquoteleft}peace as betrayal{\textquoteright}. The focus here is how relational peacebuilders can respond to painful accusations of betrayal by family-type group members evoked by working with the {\textquoteleft}other side{\textquoteright}. Continuing to draw on the reflections of experienced peace practitioners from South Africa, the Israel-Palestine region and the conflict in and about Northern Ireland, a contrasting distinction is made between two routes: a {\textquoteleft}clarification{\textquoteright} route that explains why working with {\textquoteleft}them{\textquoteright} is not a betrayal of {\textquoteleft}us{\textquoteright} vs a {\textquoteleft}counter-critique{\textquoteright} response that attempts to turn the traitor tables on the accusers. An evaluative discussion of the counter-critique route explores the pitfalls of political abuse, avoidance of shared responsibility and underestimating {\textquoteleft}thin{\textquoteright} relations (Margalit), as well as the complementary potential of the clarification and the counter-critique routes beyond peace as betrayal.",
keywords = "betrayal, morality of betrayal, intragroup relational peacebuilding, reconciliation",
author = "Wilhelm Verwoerd and Alistair Little and Brandon Hamber",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.",
year = "2024",
month = may,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1080/21647259.2024.2351716",
language = "English",
pages = "1--17",
journal = "Peacebuilding",
issn = "2164-7259",
publisher = "Taylor & Francis",
}