'Too long a sacrifice?': Post-transitional justice and the afterlives of authoritarianism

In a field that of late appears beset by crises of confidence, this essay reviews three books that send transitional justice scholarship back to basics. The focus in the books on post-authoritarian settings sheds light on the effects of time on transitional justice expectations, actions and futures....

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Main Author: Collins, Cath (Author)
Contributors: Durdiyeva, Selbi (Bibliographic antecedent) ; Lessa, Francesca (Bibliographic antecedent) ; Mendes, Mariana (Bibliographic antecedent) ; Nalepa, Monika 1976-
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: International journal of transitional justice
Year: 2025, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 183-192
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Keywords:
Post-authoritarianism
post-transitional justice
Prosecutions
Latin America
ex-USSR
Purges
lustration
Rule of law
Democratization
Rezension
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Summary:In a field that of late appears beset by crises of confidence, this essay reviews three books that send transitional justice scholarship back to basics. The focus in the books on post-authoritarian settings sheds light on the effects of time on transitional justice expectations, actions and futures. The books also offer rear-view mirror vantage points on the assumptions, teleological and otherwise, that informed early praxis in the field. The common object of interest addressed by these volumes - authoritarian regimes and transitional responses to them, over time - is significant in itself. It also reminds us, firstly, that transitional justice dynamics are not reducible to immediate policy menus, and, secondly, that they do not disappear when intellectual fashions change.
Item Description:Sammelrezension
ISSN:1752-7724
DOI:10.1093/ijtj/ijae048