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This book engages the limits of transitional justice and, more speci
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Foreword
Paul Gready
1. Transitional Justice and Beyond: An Introduction to Critical, International and Interdisciplinary Debates
Matthew Evans
2. Tackling Structural Violence through the Transformative Justice Framework
Dáire McGill
3. Addressing Historical Wrongs in Post-Transition South Africa: What role for transformative justice?
Matthew Evans
4. The transformative potential of post-war justice initiatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Daniela Lai and Caterina Bonora
5. The Problem of Elites
Pádraig McAuliffe
6. Culture: The missing link in transitional justice; an imperative for transformative justice
Cathy Bollaert
7. Selective Justice and Constructions of Victimhood at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
Rachel Killean
8. Distant historical wrongs, truth telling and restorative justice: Exploring schools and museums as potential vehicles for repairing historical wrongs
David Wilkins
Afterwords on Aftermaths
Lars Waldorf
Index
About the author
Dr Matthew Evans is a teaching fellow in law, politics and sociology at the School of Law, Politics and Sociology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, and visiting researcher in political studies at the School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Summary
This book engages the limits of transitional justice and, specifically, the interface between transitional justice and the related concept of transformative justice. Challenging and developing the work of transitional justice scholars and practitioners, the book addresses the limitations of existing mechanisms in contexts where they are applied.
