Through the Looking Glass: Transitional Justice Futures through the Lens of Nationalism, Feminism and Transformative Change

Kris Brown, Fionnula Ni Aolain

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Abstract

In reflecting on the contemporary challenges and future directions of transitional just- ice theory and practice, this article addresses causality, accountability and political form in a triangulated assessment of nationalism’s power and ‘stickiness’ in the present for- mulations of transitional solutions. Addressing the identity politics of transitional just- ice brings us to assess the political forms that enable, define and consume transition with a particular hew to power-sharing and consociationalism-type arrangements in the aftermath of systematic atrocity. The authors provide a pragmatic, perhaps cynical ac- count of the triumph of consociationalism as the preferred transitional accommodation, and point to the ‘dark side’ of governance arrangements in postconflict settings with implications for understanding cycles of violence and repeat conflict patterns. In both contexts, we deploy a feminist lens to understand the implications for women and gender transformation emerging from our framing of the politics of transitional justice in the contemporary moment
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)127-149
Number of pages23
JournalInternational Journal of Transitional Justice
Volume9
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 30 Dec 2015
Externally publishedYes

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