Transitional justice theories /

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Imprint:	Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014 ©2014
Description:	x, 226 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Transitional justice Transitional justice.
Subject:	Transitional justice. Crimes against humanity. Political crimes and offenses. Crimes against humanity. Political crimes and offenses. Transitional justice.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9857783

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Other authors / contributors:	Buckley-Zistel, Susanne, 1969- editor of compilation.
ISBN:	9780415822107 (hbk.) 0415822106 (hbk.) 9780203465738 (ebk.) 0203465733 (ebk.)
Notes:	"A GlassHouse book." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Transitional justice is rapidly gaining significance as an umbrella term for mechanisms and policy instruments for dealing with a violent past in the aftermath of mass atrocities or dictatorial regimes. The practice of transitional justice brings into place institutions and mechanisms addressing systematic human rights abuses in order to promote the transition to a peaceful coexistence. These include retributive measures, such as tribunals and court trials, as well as restorative or transformative initiatives in view of enhancing community relations, such as truth commissions or memory work. Yet, despite the range of activities conducted globally and the vibrant academic debate on the topic, there are but few attempts to conceptualise transitional justice theoretically. Transitional Justice Theories fills this gap. The first part of the book theorises transitional justice through the notion of transition. Using the concepts of social learning, social trust, implicit memory, and collective trauma, the chapters attempt to identify distinct features of the transitional moment and theoretically capture relevant social processes on a micro- and macro-level. The second part focuses on the notion of justice, outlining different understandings, such as restorative, transformative, and reparative; and discussing the use of these concepts in different settings and by different agents. The third part considers the academic as well as political discourses on transitional justice from the perspective of critical social theories, including feminism and postcolonialism. Contributing to the academic debate as well as to the practice of transitional justice, Transitional Justice Theories is an important contribution to this fast growing field"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

Contributors
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Transitional justice theories: An introduction
Part I. Theorising transitional justice
1. Transformative justice, reconciliation and peacebuilding
2. Rethinking reconciliation in divided societies: A social learning theory of transitional justice
3. The plural justice aims of reparations
4. Political liberalism after mass violence: John Rawls and a 'theory' of transitional justice
5. The vertical and horizontal expansion of transitional justice: Explanations and implications for a contested field
Part II. Exploring the limits of transitional justice
6. Bargaining justice: A theory of transitional justice compliance
7. Narrative truths: On the construction of the past in truth commissions
8. Redressive politics and the nexus of trauma, transitional justice and reconciliation
9. Forgetting the embodied past: Body memory in transitional justice
10. Understanding the political economy of transitional justice: A critical theory perspective
Index

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