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Title

Transitional justice in balance : comparing processes, weighing efficacy / Tricia D. Olsen, Leigh A. Payne, Andrew G. Reiter.

Author

Olsen, Tricia D.

Publication

Washington, DC : U.S. Institute of Peace, 2010.

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Additional Authors

• Payne, Leigh A.
• Reiter, Andrew G.

Description

xvii, 213 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

""This volume offers new insights ans perspectives, seeking to answer the crucial questions: How does one judge or evaluate transitional justice?' The author have made an important addition to empirically grounded theory of transitional justice. This highly readable volume will be accessible to scholarly audiences in diverse disciplines, as well as t ononacademic, general audiences, including journalists, policy analysts, and all those interested in foreign affairs and justice issues."---Ruti Teitel, Ernst C. stiefel Professor of Comparative Law, New York Law School" "In the first project of its kind to compare multiple combinations of mechanisms across regions, countries and time, Transitional Justice in Balance: Comparing Processes, Weighing Efficacy systematiclly analyzes the claims made in the literature using a vast array of data, which the authors have assembled in the Transitional Justice Data Base. Trials, truth commssions, amnesties, reaprations, and lustration policies--- the main focus of the literature to date---are among the 854 transitional justice mechanisms, Which were implemented in 161 countries from 1970 to 2007 and included in this database. The authors use the database to explore the adoption of transitional justice and its deffectiveness in achieving its primary goals of strengthening democracy and reducing human rights violations. This book summarizes the findings and develops a new theoretical approach to transitional justice, grounded in cross-national empiricical analysis."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Democratization
• Human rights
• Transitional justice

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / Ruti Teitel -- 1. Coming to Terms -- Defing "Transitional Justice" -- The Decision to Adopt -- Success Criteria -- Toward Theory Building -- 2. The Transitional Justice Data Base -- Cases and Coverage -- Transtional Justice Mechanisms -- Patterns of Transitional Justice -- Analysis -- Conclusion -- 3. The Politics of Transitional Justice -- Authoritarian Regime Factors -- Transition Factors -- Democratic Governance Factors -- Analysis -- Conclusion -- 4. At What Cost? -- Economic Constrainsts on Transitional Justice -- The Relative Cost of Transitional Justice -- Political Economy as a Determinant -- Economic Health as a Determinant -- Conclusion -- 5. Justice from the Outside In -- International Influence and Transitional Justice -- Analysis of International Influence -- Conclusion -- 6. Beyond the Justice Cascade -- The Justice Cascade -- Testing the Justice Cascade -- Transtional Justice Patterns -- Conclusion -- 7. The Peace Dividend -- Theoretical Foundations -- Empirical Analysis -- Analyzing Transtional Justice in Civil War -- Conclusion -- 8. Does transitional Justice Work? -- Expectations -- Measuring Transitional Justice Goals -- Descriptive Statistics -- Conclusion -- 9. Conclusion: The Justice Balance -- The Justice Balance Approach -- Policy Guidelines -- Future Research -- Appendix 1. Countries Included in the Transitional Justice Data Base -- Appendix 2. Authoritarian Regime Type, Duration, And Transition Type -- Appendix 3. Domocratic History and Human Rights Background of New Leaders -- Appendix 4. Transitional Justice Mechanisms.

ISBN

• 9781601270535 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1601270534 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2010008808
• 40018227055

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries