Competing Memories - Truth and Reconciliation in Sierra Leone and Peru

Informationen zum Autor Rebekka Friedman is a lecturer of International Relations in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. Her teaching and research focus on the intersection of transitional justice, peace-building, reconciliation, memory and gender. She is a former editor of Millennium: Journal of International Studies. Klappentext A rigourous analysis of context in transitional justice, examining the successes and failures of truth and reconciliation commissions in post-conflict settings. Zusammenfassung A rigourous analysis of context in transitional justice! examining the successes and failures of truth and reconciliation commissions in post-conflict settings. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Justice and reconciliation in enduring conflicts; 2. Contextual variances, transitional justice and peace-building: a historical overview; 3. Procedural reconciliation; 4. Underdevelopment, peace-building, and marginilization: the establishment of a restorative agenda in Sierra Leone; 5. Localism and pragmatic solidarity in Sierra Leone; 6. The shining path and political violence: the establishment of a punitive human rights based approach; 7. Memory activism and the politics of the past; 8. Conclusions: context, transformation, and holism in transitional justice.

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• Authors: Rebekka Friedman, Rebekka (King's College London) Friedman, Rebekka (King''s College London) Friedman, Friedman Rebekka
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781107185692
• ISBN: 978-1-107-18569-2
• No. of pages: 214
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Peru, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Latin America, Political Ideologies, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Rural communities, Indigenous Peoples, Politics & government, Political structure & processes, Social discrimination & inequality, Politics and government, War Crimes, Violence in society, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, The Americas, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Political oppression & persecution, Political oppression and persecution, Political ideologies and movements, Violence and abuse in society, Political structure and processes, Social discrimination and social justice