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
Table of Contents
Tables and figures
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
Transitional Justice and why it matters
Repairing Social Cohesion
Research Focus and Framework
Transitional Justice and Social Cohesion
Findings and Contribution
The Plan of the Book
2. Transitional Justice and Social Cohesion: A new Framework
2.1 Social Cohesion Indicator
2.2 Social Cohesion and Armed Conflict
2.3 The Impact of Transitional Justice on Social Coehsion
3. The Challenge of Measuring Social Impact: The Quasi-Experimental
Research Design
3.1 The Analytical Framework: Stages of Transitional Justice Impact
3.2 The Quasi-Experimental Research Design
3.3 Cases
3.4 Data
4. Villages, Truth, Reparations and Social Cohesion
PART I Four Post-Conflict Communities
4.1 Lucanamarca: Transitional Justice Overload in the Andes
4.2 Chuschi: Hardly any Notice of Transitional Justice
4.3 Santa Rosa: Reparations the "lost" Region of the Jungle
4.4. Kimbiri: Transitional Justice and its Non-Importance
4.5. Discussion
5. Villages, Truth, Reparations and Social Cohesion
PART II Comparison of Ten Post-Conflict Communities
5.1. Six further Post-Conflict Communities
San Antonio de Julo
Carmen de Alanya
Quispillacta
San Juan de Uchuyri
Nuevo Progreso
Querobamba
5.2. The Implementation of Transitional Justice
5.3. The Awareness and Perception of Transitional Justice
5.4. The Impact on Social Cohesion
6. Individuals, Truth, Reparations and Social Cohesion
6.1 Receivers, Non-Receivers and Observers in the Focus
6.2 Victims and Non-Victims in the Focus
6.3 Men and Women in the Focus
6.4 Authorities and Non-Authorities in the Focus
6.5 Getting to Know the "Contented" Villagers
6.6 Getting to Know the "Socially-Minded" Villagers
7. Conclusion
Assessing the Impact of Transitional Justice on Social Cohesion in Peru
The Ambiguity of Truth and Reparations in Peru
The Challenge to Assess Social Impact
The (Im)possible Task of Repair in Post-Conflict Societies
Outlook
Annexes
