Identity, reconciliation and transitional justice : overcoming intractability in divided societies
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Identity, reconciliation and transitional justice : overcoming intractability in divided societies
（Transitional justice / series editor, Kieran McEvoy）（GlassHouse book）
Routledge, 2013
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-251) and index
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: hbk ISBN 9780415628334
Description
Building upon an interdisciplinary synthesis of recent literature from the fields of transitional justice and conflict transformation, this book introduces a groundbreaking theoretical framework that highlights the critical importance of identity in the relationship between transitional justice and reconciliation in deeply divided societies. Using this framework, Aiken argues that transitional justice interventions will be successful in promoting reconciliation and sustainable peace to the extent that they can help to catalyze those crucial processes of 'social learning' needed to transform the antagonistic relationships and identifications that divide post-conflict societies even after the signing of formal peace agreements. Combining original field research and an extensive series of expert interviews, Aiken applies this social learning model in a comprehensive examination of both the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the uniquely 'decentralized' approach to transitional justice that has emerged in Northern Ireland. By offering new insight into the experiences of these countries, Aiken provides compelling firsthand evidence to suggest that transitional justice interventions can best contribute to post-conflict reconciliation if they not only provide truth and justice for past human rights abuses, but also help to promote contact, dialogue and the amelioration of structural and material inequalities between former antagonists.
Identity, Reconciliation and Transitional Justice makes a timely contribution to debates about how to best understand and address past human rights violations in post-conflict societies, and it offers a valuable resource to students, scholars, practitioners and policymakers dealing with these difficult issues.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- Identity, Reconciliation and Transitional Justice
- 3.A Social Learning Model of Transitional Justice
- 4.Transitional Justice in Northern Ireland and South Africa
- 5. Instrumental Learning
- 6. Socioemotional Learning
- 7. Distributive Learning
- 8. Conclusion:Social Learning and Reconciliation in Divided Societies
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: pbk ISBN 9780415812375
Description
Identity, Reconciliation and Transitional Justice: Overcoming Intractability analyses how the mechanisms of transitional justice have a part to play in promoting reconciliation and sustainable peace in transitional societies: helping social groups deeply divided by past violence to overcome existing antagonisms and to build more positive relationships with one another. Whilst there is an emerging consensus that a causal link does exist between transitional justice, reconciliation, and sustainable peace, to date the actual processes underlying this relationship have been left undertheorized and largely unspecified. This theoretical gap is attributable, at least in part, to the very limited dialogue between transitional justice scholars and the growing number of conflict transformation theorists from the related disciplines of political science, conflict resolution, and social psychology. In particular, recent conflict transformation work highlights the central role that group or 'collective' identities play in the commission and perpetuation of ethnonational violence, and suggests the need to transform these identities and their antagonistic relationships in order to advance societal reconciliation and sustainable peace. Drawing upon an interdisciplinary synthesis of transitional justice and conflict transformation literatures, and addressing the different interventions adopted in the deeply divided societies of South Africa and Northern Ireland, this book outlines an innovative framework that traces the complex linkages between identity, transitional justice, and intergroup reconciliation in deeply divided post-conflict environments. It will be of considerable interest to those working in the area of transitional justice.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Identity, Reconciliation, and Transitional Justice
- Chapter 2: A Social Learning Model of Transitional Justice
- Chapter 3: Decentralized Transitional Justice in Northern Ireland
- Chapter 4: The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Insights and Implications for Transitional Justice
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