Examining a range of social movements in violently divided societies, this book argues that movements are key actors in fomenting violent ethnic politics and in generating peacebuilding. By analysing social movements in divided societies, this book contributes to debates about the complexity of identity, and constructs a nuanced understanding of political mobilisation in places fraught by ethnic violence.

John Nagle is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Aberdeen, UK. He has held positions at Queen's University Belfast, INCORE, the University of East London and University College London. He has published three books (including Multiculturalism's Double-Bind and Shared Society or Benign Apartheid?) and a number of articles in leading international journals.

Introduction 'You Stink' 1. 'Unity in Diversity': Social Movements in Divided Societies 2. Before the War: Non-Sectarian Social Movements and Divided Societies 3. Power Sharing, Agency, Conflict and Peacebuilding 4. Victims Movements, Memory and the State 5. The Right to the Divided City 6. Promoting Diversity and Tolerance: Sexual Minorities 7. Fighting Exclusion: Feminist Movements 8. Conclusion From Violence to Peace