After Violence: Transitional Justice, Peace, and Democracy

by Elin Skaar, Camila Gianella Malca, Trine Eide

Book Overview

After Violence: Transitional Justice, Peace, and Democracy examines the effects of transitional justice on the development of peace and democracy. Anticipated contributions of transitional justice mechanisms are commonly stated in universal terms, with little regard for historically specific contexts. Yet a truth commission, for example, will not have the same function in a society torn by long-term civil war or genocide as in a society emerging...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138241725
• ISBN13: 9781138241725
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"