Reconciliation by Stealth
How People Talk about War Crimes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23523907 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Denisa Kostovicova |
| Year | 2023 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-15 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Reconciliation by Stealth (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cornell University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.7591/cornell/9781501769030.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4386971510 |
| Open Library | OL39558176M |
| ISBN | 9781501769030 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This book advances a novel approach to evaluating the effects of transitional justice in postconflict societies. Through an examination of the Balkan conflicts, the book asks what happens when former adversaries discuss legacies of violence and atrocity, and whether it is possible to do so without further deepening animosities. The book shifts our attention from what people say about war crimes, to how they deliberate past wrongs. Bringing together theories of democratic deliberation and peacebuilding, the book demonstrates how people from opposing ethnic groups reconcile through reasoned, respectful, and empathetic deliberation about a difficult legacy. It finds that expression of ethnic difference plays a role in good-quality deliberation across ethnic lines, while revealed intraethnic divisions help deliberators expand moral horizons previously narrowed by conflict. In the process, people forge bonds of solidarity and offset divisive identity politics that bears upon their deliberations. The book shows us the importance of theoretical and methodological innovation in capturing how transitional justice can promote reconciliation, and points to the untapped potential of deliberative problem-solving to repair relationships fractured by conflict.
Criminology · Deliberation · Deliberative democracy · Democracy · Economic Justice · Ethnic group · Forgiveness · Peacebuilding · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · Transitional justice · Cambodian History and Society · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |