 | Truth, Reparations and Social Cohesion: Transitional Justice Lessons from Peru Subjects: Area Studies; Law; Politics & International Relations; Social Sciences; Latin American & Hispanic Studies; Criminal Law & Practice; Human Rights Law & Civil Liberties; Comparative Politics; International Law - Law; Socio-Legal Studies; International Politics; Security Studies - Pol & Intl Relns; Political Behavior and Participation; Sociology & Social Policy; Criminology and Criminal Justice; International Criminal Law; Socio-Legal Studies - International Law & Politics; Latin American Politics; Conflict Resolution; Peace Studies; War & Conflict Studies; Law & Society; Restorative Justice; Political Sociology; This book addresses the effectiveness of transitional justice mechanisms for repairing social cohesion. Truth commissions and reparation programs are implemented worldwide to enhance social cohesion, peace and democracy in post-conflict settings. Most claims about transitional justice measures are, however, normatively and not empirically based.The book questions whether attention from a truth and reconciliation commission can truly change the lives of the violence-affected people and whether monetary compensations or communal projects in form of milk cows can ever truly "repair" the harm suffered. The within-country comparative case study analyzes the effects of the commission and reparation program in Peru. It studies the post-conflict situation and the development of social cohesion in communities affected by the internal armed conflict. Using detailed empirical data this analysis reveals why the "reparation" of social cohesion in Peru was an impossible task. Contributing to a broader understanding of the impact of nationally applied transitional justice instruments in local settings, the book further offers a new framework for analyzing social cohesion as one of the aims of transitional justice processes.
Dr. Elisabeth Bunselmeyer is based at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies and University of Hamburg. She holds a PhD in Political Science from University of Marburg and was honoured the Christiane-Rajewsky-Award 2018 by the German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies. Her areas of work and research are the social development in post-conflict settings and the impact of transitional justice processes in Latin America |
