Performances of Injustice : The Politics of Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Kenya
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1108426212
ISBN-13
9781108426213
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 30th, 2018
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
632 grams
Dimensions
23.00 x 45.80 x 2.80 cms
Product Classification:
Constitution: government & the state
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The two classic transitional justice mechanisms introduced by Kenya following the unprecedented violence in 2007/8 are widely believed to have failed, but why? Using the lens of performance, Gabrielle Lynch analyses how the efforts introduced were incapable of dealing with how unjust and violent pasts actually persist.
Following unprecedented violence in 2007/8, Kenya introduced two classic transitional justice mechanisms: a truth commission and international criminal proceedings. Both are widely believed to have failed, but why? And what do their performances say about contemporary Kenya; the ways in which violent pasts persist; and the shortcomings of transitional justice? Using the lens of performance, this book analyses how transitional justice efforts are incapable of dealing with how unjust and violent pasts actually persist. Gabrielle Lynch reveals the story of an ongoing political struggle requiring substantive socio-economic and political change that transitional justice mechanisms can theoretically recommend, and which they can sometimes help to initiate and inform, but which they cannot implement or create, and can sometimes unintentionally help to reinforce.
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