Transitional Justice and Political Opportunism
- This paper aims to contribute a different approach to transitional justice, one in which political decisions are rocketed to the forefront of the research. Theory asserts that, after a transition to democracy, it is the constituency who defines the direction a country will take. Therefore, pleasing them should be at the fore of the responses taken by those in power. However, reality distances itself from theory. History provides us with many examples of the contrary, which indicates that the politicization of transitional justice is an ever-present event. The first section will outline current definitions and obstacles faced by transitional justice, focusing on the implicit ties between them and the aforementioned politicization. An original categorization of Transitional Justice as a method of analysis will also be introduced, which I denominate Political Opportunism. The case of Argentina, a country that is usually described as a model to export but that after 35 years is still dealing with the consequences brought by theThis paper aims to contribute a different approach to transitional justice, one in which political decisions are rocketed to the forefront of the research. Theory asserts that, after a transition to democracy, it is the constituency who defines the direction a country will take. Therefore, pleasing them should be at the fore of the responses taken by those in power. However, reality distances itself from theory. History provides us with many examples of the contrary, which indicates that the politicization of transitional justice is an ever-present event. The first section will outline current definitions and obstacles faced by transitional justice, focusing on the implicit ties between them and the aforementioned politicization. An original categorization of Transitional Justice as a method of analysis will also be introduced, which I denominate Political Opportunism. The case of Argentina, a country that is usually described as a model to export but that after 35 years is still dealing with the consequences brought by the contradictions of using several methods of justice, will then be reinterpreted through this perspective. At the end of the paper, the inevitable question will be posed: can this new angle be exported and implemented in every transition?…
Author details: | Juan Francisco Vásquez Carruthers |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-570153 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-57015 |
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) |
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: | 33 |
First page: | 39 |
Last Page: | 71 |
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 |