Performances of Injustice: The Politics of Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Kenya

ISBN-13: 9781108444934 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 352 str.

Gabrielle Lynch

Opis

How and why did Kenya's transitional justice efforts fail, and what does this say about the persistence of the past?

Recenzje

'Performances of injustice is an important book that highlights the limitations of transitional justice. But it does more than that: Lynch provides insight into the specific dynamics of Kenyan politics and the role of impunity in maintaining a highly unequal system of democratic rule, with the possibility of widespread violence lingering very close to the surface. Therefore, this book is a must for those interested in transitional justice, as well as for those interested in Kenyan politics.' Jelke Boesten, Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

Spis treści

Part I. Haunted by Violence: Prologue. A time of violence; 1. Confronting the past: transitional justice and the politics of time and performance; 2. Framing the good citizen for orderly elections: the prioritisation of peace; 3. Enter the International Criminal Court: performing (in) justice; Part II. A Post-South African Truth Commission: 4. The Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission: a sense of once-againness; 5. Public hearings: bringing the audience back in; 6. Truth's grand narrative (part I): of injustice and suffering; 7. 'It is because your tribe is women': of the performance of familiar gender roles; 8. Truth's grand narrative (part II): of injustice and impunity; 9. 'Only talking won't help:' of justice and reparations; Part III. Familiar Performances: 10. Performed ruptures: Whither reconciliation.