Long road home : building reconciliation and trust in post-war Sierra Leone / Laura Stovel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stovel, Laura.

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Series:

Series on transitional justice ; v. 2.

Series on transitional justice ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sierra Leone. Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Sierra Leone.

Restorative justice--Sierra Leone.

Restorative justice.

Reconciliation.

Physical Description:

xx, 281 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Antwerp ; Portland [Or.] : Intersentia ; Portland, OR : Distributed by International Specialized Book Services, [2010]

Summary:

The 1991-2002 war in Sierra Leone was infamous for mass amputations, widespread sexual violence, and forced recruitment of children into rebel forces. It was not an ethnic war, but one that tore families and communities apart in ways that could not be sustained in peacetime. After the war, the Sierra Leone government and civil society organizations encouraged the combatants to return home and encouraged the communities to accept them, even though the combatants, or the forces they were associated with, had committed horrendous crimes in those very same villages. Long Road Home describes how the ex-combatants and the civilian survivors in Sierra Leone struggled to reconcile and build trust in their communities a year after the war ended. The book explores the contribution of the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission toward reconciliation and justice, and it questions whether reconciliation is always a good thing. It also examines how the seemingly nebulous concept of reconcil

Contents:

Introduction : the research journey

The geography of reconciliation

Reconciliation or resignation : power, justice and political reconciliation

A restorative approach to reconciliation

Diamonds, greed and 'San-san boys'

The 'rebel' war

Who are you for? women, children and hierarchies of power

Institutions of reintegration

The Sierra Leone TRC : a snapshot

"We watch them" : building trust in the absence of openness

Beyond the impasse.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-281).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

9400000286

9789400000285

OCLC:

505421197

Publisher Number:

99952166716