Transitional justice as social control: political transitions, human rights norms and the reclassification of the past

This article offers an interpretation of transitional justice policies – the efforts of post‐conflict and post‐dictatorship societies to address the legacy of past abuses – as a form of social control. While transitional justice is commonly conceptualized as responding to a core problem of impunity,...

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Main Author: Dudai, Ron (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: The British journal of sociology
Year: 2018, Volume: 69, Issue: 3, Pages: 691-711
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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