Transformative transitional justice and the malleability of post-conflict states / Padraig McAuliffe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McAuliffe, Pádraig, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postwar reconstruction.

Transitional justice.

New democracies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

Despite the growing focus on issues of socio-economic transformation in contemporary transitional justice, the path dependencies imposed by the political economy of war-to-peace transitions and the limitations imposed by weak statehood are seldom considered. This book explores transitional justice's prospects for seeking economic justice and reform of structures of poverty in the specific context of post-conflict states.

Contents:

Introduction : acknowledging the complexities of post-conflict socio-economic justice

Transitional justice's tansformative turn : how we got here, what we know and what we don't

Transitional opportunity? How peace negotiations and power-sharing impede root cause approaches

Transitional justice, liberal peacebuilding and the endogenous determinants of transformation

'Trickle-up' justice? The impact of bottom-up transitional justice beyond the local

Conclusion : lessons learned, lessons spurned?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78347-004-6