Transitional Justice : Global Mechanisms and Local Realities After Genocide and Mass Violence

Alexander Laban Hinton

ISBN 10: 0813550688 / ISBN 13: 9780813550688

Edité par Rutgers University Press Jan 2011, 2011

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Neuware - How do societies come to terms with the aftermath of genocide and mass violence, and how might the international community contribute to this process Transitional Justice, the first edited collection in anthropology focused directly on this issue, argues that, however well-intentioned, transitional justice needs to more deeply grapple with the complexities of global and transnational involvements and the local on-the-ground realities with which they intersect. Contributors consider what justice means and how it is negotiated in different localities where transitional justice efforts are underway after genocide and mass atrocity and address a variety of mechanisms.

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• Titre: Transitional Justice : Global Mechanisms and Local Realities After Genocide and Mass Violence
• Éditeur: Rutgers University Press Jan 2011
• Date de parution: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0813550688
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780813550688
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 226 L x 150 H x 20 P (en millimètres) 226 millimètres de largeur par 150 millimètres de hauteur par 20 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 386 grammes

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Synopsis

How do societies come to terms with the aftermath of genocide and mass violence, and how might the international community contribute to this process? Recently, transitional justice mechanisms such as tribunals and truth commissions have emerged as a favored means of redress. Transitional Justice, the first edited collection in anthropology focused directly on this issue, argues that, however well-intentioned, transitional justice needs to more deeply grapple with the complexities of global and transnational involvements and the local on-the-ground realities with which they intersect.Contributors consider what justice means and how it is negotiated in different localities where transitional justice efforts are underway after genocide and mass atrocity. They address a variety of mechanisms, among them, a memorial site in Bali, truth commissions in Argentina and Chile, First Nations treaty negotiations in Canada, violent youth groups in northern Nigeria, the murder of young women in post-conflict Guatemala, and the gacaca courts in Rwanda.

À propos de l?auteur

ALEXANDER LABAN HINTON is the director of the Center for the Study of Genocide, Conflict Resolution, and Human Rights and a professor of anthropology and global affairs at Rutgers University, Newark. He is the author of the award-winning Why Did They Kill? Cambodia in the Shadow of Genocide.