ISBN:
9781108426213
,
9781108444934
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 338 Seiten
,
Karten
Edition:
First published
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Lynch, Gabrielle, 1979 - Performances of Injustice
DDC:
967.6204/3
Keywords:
Kenya
;
Kenya / Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission
;
Internationaler Strafgerichtshof
;
Truth commissions
;
Reconciliation
;
Transitional justice
;
Political violence
;
Peace-building
;
Peace-building Kenya
;
Truth commissions Kenya
;
Reconciliation Kenya
;
Transitional justice Kenya
;
Political violence Kenya
;
Transitional Justice
;
Friedenskonsolidierung
;
Implementation
;
Strafverfolgung
;
Missstand
;
Gewaltkriminalität
;
Kenya Politics and government 2002-
;
Kenya Politics and government
;
2002-
;
Kenia
;
Kenia
;
Politik
;
Kenia
;
Politik
Abstract:
Following unprecedented violence in 2007/8, Kenya introduced two classic transitional justice mechanisms: a truth commission and international criminal proceedings. Both are widely believed to have failed, but why? And what do their performances say about contemporary Kenya; the ways in which violent pasts persist; and the shortcomings of transitional justice? Using the lens of performance, this book analyses how transitional justice efforts are incapable of dealing with how unjust and violent pasts actually persist. Gabrielle Lynch reveals the story of an ongoing political struggle requiring substantive socio-economic and political change that transitional justice mechanisms can theoretically recommend, and which they can sometimes help to initiate and inform, but which they cannot implement or create, and can sometimes unintentionally help to reinforce.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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