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Grassroots Activism and the Evolution of Transitional Justice: The Families of the Disappeared
Iosif Kovras
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Description for Grassroots Activism and the Evolution of Transitional Justice: The Families of the Disappeared
hardcover. Using a new global database of enforced disappearances, this book demonstrates how victims' groups have themselves shaped transitional justice policies. Num Pages: 225 pages, 7 b/w illus. 1 map 6 tables. BIC Classification: JPVH; LBBR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
The families of the disappeared have long struggled to uncover the truth about their missing relatives. In so doing, their mobilization has shaped central transitional justice norms and institutions, as this ground-breaking work demonstrates. Kovras combines a new global database with the systematic analysis of four challenging case studies - Lebanon, Cyprus, South Africa and Chile - each representative of a different approach to transitional justice. These studies reveal how variations in transitional justice policies addressing the disappeared occur: explaining why victims' groups in some countries are caught in silence, while others bring perpetrators to account. Conceiving of transitional justice ... Read more
The families of the disappeared have long struggled to uncover the truth about their missing relatives. In so doing, their mobilization has shaped central transitional justice norms and institutions, as this ground-breaking work demonstrates. Kovras combines a new global database with the systematic analysis of four challenging case studies - Lebanon, Cyprus, South Africa and Chile - each representative of a different approach to transitional justice. These studies reveal how variations in transitional justice policies addressing the disappeared occur: explaining why victims' groups in some countries are caught in silence, while others bring perpetrators to account. Conceiving of transitional justice ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
Number of Pages
402
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107166653
SKU
V9781107166653
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Ref
99-18
About Iosif Kovras
Iosif Kovras is a senior lecturer in Comparative Politics at City, University of London. His research interests include comparative politics, post-conflict transitional justice and human rights.
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