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Author Evans, Matthew (Political scientist), author.

Title Transformative justice : remedying human rights violations beyond transition / Matthew Evans.

Publication Info. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2018.

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Description 1 online resource.
Series Transitional justice
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Structural violence, socioeconomic rights and transformative justice -- Network relationships, existing ties and opportunities -- Threats, limitations and political responsibilities in the network -- Transformative justice processes, policies and practice -- Conclusion.
Summary Transitional justice mechanisms employed in post-conflict and post-authoritarian contexts have largely focused upon individual violations of a narrow set of civil and political rights, as well as the provision of legal and quasi-legal remedies, such as truth commissions, amnesties and prosecutions. In contrast, this book highlights the significance of structural violence in producing and reproducing rights violations. The book further argues that, in order to remedy structural violations of human rights, there is a need to utilise a different toolkit from that typically employed in transitional justice contexts. The book sets out and applies a definition of transformative justice as expanding upon, and providing an alternative to, transitional justice. Focusing on a comparative study of social movements, nongovernmental organisations and trade unions working on land and housing rights in South Africa, and their network relationships, the book argues that networks of this kind make an important contribution to processes advancing transformative justice.
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Subject Transitional justice -- South Africa.
Political crimes and offenses -- South Africa.
Human rights -- South Africa.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Human rights
Political crimes and offenses
Transitional justice
South Africa
Other Form: Print version: Transformative justice Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2018. 9780815375623 (hbk) (DLC) 2018012135
ISBN 9781351239448 epub
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