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Truth, Reparations and Social Cohesion: Transitional Justice Lessons from Peru book cover

1st Edition

Truth, Reparations and Social Cohesion Transitional Justice Lessons from Peru

By Elisabeth Bunselmeyer Copyright 2020
240 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book addresses the effectiveness of transitional justice mechanisms for repairing social cohesion. Truth commissions and reparation programs are implemented worldwide to enhance social cohesion, peace and democracy in post-conflict settings. Most claims about transitional justice measures are, however, normatively and not empirically based.The book questions whether attention from a... Read more

Table of Contents



Tables and figures



Acknowledgments



Abbreviations









  1. Introduction




    2. Transitional Justice and why it matters



    Repairing Social Cohesion



    Research Focus and Framework



    Transitional Justice and Social Cohesion



    Findings and Contribution



    The Plan of the Book





  2. Transitional Justice and Social Cohesion: A new Framework




    3. 2.1 Social Cohesion Indicator



    2.2 Social Cohesion and Armed Conflict



    2.3 The Impact of Transitional Justice on Social Coehsion





  3. The Challenge of Measuring Social Impact: The Quasi-Experimental Research Design




    4. 3.1 The Analytical Framework: Stages of Transitional Justice Impact



    3.2 The Quasi-Experimental Research Design



    3.3 Cases



    3.4 Data





  4. Villages, Truth, Reparations and Social Cohesion




    5. PART I Four Post-Conflict Communities



    4.1 Lucanamarca: Transitional Justice Overload in the Andes



    4.2 Chuschi: Hardly any Notice of Transitional Justice



    4.3 Santa Rosa: Reparations the "lost" Region of the Jungle



    4.4. Kimbiri: Transitional Justice and its Non-Importance



    4.5. Discussion





  5. Villages, Truth, Reparations and Social Cohesion




    6. PART II Comparison of Ten Post-Conflict Communities



    5.1. Six further Post-Conflict Communities



    San Antonio de Julo



    Carmen de Alanya



    Quispillacta



    San Juan de Uchuyri



    Nuevo Progreso



    Querobamba



    5.2. The Implementation of Transitional Justice



    5.3. The Awareness and Perception of Transitional Justice



    5.4. The Impact on Social Cohesion





  6. Individuals, Truth, Reparations and Social Cohesion




    7. 6.1 Receivers, Non-Receivers and Observers in the Focus



    6.2 Victims and Non-Victims in the Focus



    6.3 Men and Women in the Focus



    6.4 Authorities and Non-Authorities in the Focus



    6.5 Getting to Know the "Contented" Villagers



    6.6 Getting to Know the "Socially-Minded" Villagers





  7. Conclusion




Assessing the Impact of Transitional Justice on Social Cohesion in Peru



The Ambiguity of Truth and Reparations in Peru



The Challenge to Assess Social Impact



The (Im)possible Task of Repair in Post-Conflict Societies



Outlook



Annexes



Biography

Dr. Elisabeth Bunselmeyer is based at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies and University of Hamburg. She holds a PhD in Political Science from University of Marburg and was honoured the Christiane-Rajewsky-Award 2018 by the German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies. Her areas of work and research are the social development in post-conflict settings and the impact of transitional justice processes in Latin America

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