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Record Nr.

UNINA9910554250703321

Autore

Quinn Joanna R.

Titolo

Thin Sympathy : A Strategy to Thicken Transitional Justice / / Joanna R. Quinn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

9780812299632

0812299639

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.) : 1

Collana

Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights

Disciplina

340.115

Soggetti

Postwar reconstruction - Uganda

Restorative justice - Uganda

Sympathy - Social aspects - Uganda

Transitional justice - Uganda

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights

Electronic books.

Uganda Social conditions 1979-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-219) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Paving the way : making transitional justice work better -- Background and history of conflict in Uganda -- Slow decay or intentional neglect? : Long-term issues with post-conflict justice in situations of ongoing violence and repression  -- The thin sympathy hypothesis and the sympathetic continuum -- Switching on the thin sympathetic response : engaging the population after atrocity -- Manufacturing thin sympathy -- Thickening the transitional justice strategy -- Bridging the divide : applying thin sympathy in other divided societies -- The strength of thin sympathy and transitional justice

Sommario/riassunto

In helping deeply divided societies come to terms with a troubled past, transitional justice often fails to produce the intended results. Thin Sympathy argues that the acquisition of a basic understanding of what has taken place in the past will enable the development of a more durable transitional justice process.