ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some concluding thoughts on the key concepts discussed in this book. The book explores the potential and limits of restorative approaches to tackle conflicts in intercultural contexts. The intercultural contexts included villages with minority populations where heavy right-wing politics prevail; social housing estates in traditionally welfare societies; multi-ethnic environments caught in transition democracies; urban neighbourhoods and streets where society is organised around sharp borders; and European capitals where immigration is now an unquestionable reality. Restorative justice, as applied through action research in the project, relied on an idea of deep, thick, relational and sustainable security, a security that is built on and sustained through human relations by means of proliferating participatory practices, encounters and dialogue, elaborating norms, restoring relations, building trust and promoting cooperation. Restorative justice can contribute overall towards countering and crafting alternative affects, frames, communication patterns, trust, norms, and forms of conviviality notions of community, collective actions and cooperation.
