Engineering Grassroots Transitional Justice in the Balkans
The Case of Kosovo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12149346 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Di Lellio (0000-0001-5289-0170, The Graduate School in International Affairs, The New School, New York, NY, USA, corresponding author), Caitlin McCurn (Development Consultant, Brooklyn, NY, USA) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 129-148 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | East European Politics and Societies and Cultures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0888-3254 • E-ISSN: 1533-8371 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0888325412464550 |
| OpenAlex | W2332033635 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 3 |
The initiative to establish a truth commission in the successor states of the former Yugoslavia (RECOM) presents a rich case study of the performance of the “toolkit” that transitional justice professionals propose on a global scale: an inclusive package that offers truth, justice, reconciliation and stability. Whether these goals could be achieved is the subject of a critical debate that questions overly ambitious projects of truth commissions, especially their sensitivity to local understandings and practices of transitional justice. We aim to contribute to this debate by examining the reception of RECOM in Kosovo, where most local actors remain either noncommittal or outright opposed to RECOM. What these actors share is the conviction that their own narratives be taken seriously, even when this means refusing the suppression of “truths” that can be divisive. We found that giving priority to “the local” implies more than adapting the received professional “toolkit”: it might require abandoning it
Commission · Conviction · Economic Justice · Grassroots · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · Successor cardinal · Transitional justice · Gender, Security, and Conflict · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Public Administration
Black hole state
Longing for Lost Normalcy
Arrested Truth
After Liberal Peace? From Failed State-Building to an Emancipatory Peace in Kosovo
Thinking of You” in Kosovo
A Living Testimony of What Happened in Kosovo”
The Transformation of Gender Roles and Women’s Resilience in Postwar Rural Kosovo
Norm contestation and reconciliation
| Citations per year | 0.8 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |