Structural and Socioeconomic Approaches to Justice
- Transitional justice is conventionally theorized as how a society deals with past injustices after regime change and alongside democratization. Nonetheless, scholars have not reached a consensus on what is to be included or excluded. Recent ideas of transformative justice seek to expand the understanding of transitional justice to include systemic restructuring and socioeconomic considerations. In the context of Nicaragua — where two transitions occurred within an 11-year span — very little transitional justice took place, in terms of the conventional concept of top-down legalistic mechanisms; however, distinct structural changes and socioeconomic policies can be found with each regime change. By analyzing the transformative justice elements of Nicaragua’s dual transition, this chapter seeks to expand the understanding of transitional justice to include how these factors influence goals of transitions such as sustainable peace and reconciliation for past injustices. The results argue for increased attention to transformative justiceTransitional justice is conventionally theorized as how a society deals with past injustices after regime change and alongside democratization. Nonetheless, scholars have not reached a consensus on what is to be included or excluded. Recent ideas of transformative justice seek to expand the understanding of transitional justice to include systemic restructuring and socioeconomic considerations. In the context of Nicaragua — where two transitions occurred within an 11-year span — very little transitional justice took place, in terms of the conventional concept of top-down legalistic mechanisms; however, distinct structural changes and socioeconomic policies can be found with each regime change. By analyzing the transformative justice elements of Nicaragua’s dual transition, this chapter seeks to expand the understanding of transitional justice to include how these factors influence goals of transitions such as sustainable peace and reconciliation for past injustices. The results argue for increased attention to transformative justice theories and a more nuanced conception of justice.…
Author details: | Sean Conner |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-570170 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-57017 |
ISBN: | 978-3-86956-473-9 |
ISSN: | 1869-2443 |
ISSN: | 1867-2663 |
Title of parent work (English): | Transitional Justice : Theoretical and Practical Approaches (Potsdamer Studien zu Staat, Recht und Politik ; 7) |
Subtitle (English): | Transformative Justice in Nicaragua’s ‘Dual Transition’ |
Publisher: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
Place of publishing: | Potsdam |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2022/01/27 |
Publication year: | 2022 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Publishing institution: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
Release date: | 2022/12/07 |
Issue: | 7 |
Number of pages: | 28 |
First page: | 111 |
Last Page: | 138 |
RVK - Regensburg classification: | MK 3810, PR 2180, PR 2356, PR 2730, PR 2712, PR 2800, PC 4720 |
Organizational units: | Extern / Extern |
DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 320 Politikwissenschaft |
3 Sozialwissenschaften / 34 Recht / 341 Völkerrecht | |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
Open Access / Bronze Open-Access | |
Collection(s): | Universität Potsdam / Schriftenreihen / Potsdamer Studien zu Staat, Recht und Politik, ISSN 1867-2663 / Potsdamer Studien zu Staat, Recht und Politik 7 (2022) |
License (German): | Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |