In: Memory politics and transitional justice
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The extra-legal effects of international and domestic war crimes trials continue to puzzle researchers and practitioners. In the former Yugoslav states, the legacy of conflict and issues of transitional justice remains central in politics, society and culture. This book provides a new theoretical and methodological approach to one of these puzzles: why universal human rights norms become distorted or undermined when they reach local publics. It investigates the social and cultural contexts that transitional justice processes take place in by looking at how emotional everyday narratives can hamper the spread of norms in society. In Croatia, these narratives define how the public understands the rule of law, history and minority rights. Ivor Sokolić is Research Officer in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
In: Memory politics and transitional justice
In: Memory politics and transitional justice
In: Memory Politics and Transitional Justice Ser.
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Methodology and Fieldwork -- The Research Environment -- Cyrillic Signs in Vukovar -- War Veterans' Protest on Savska Road -- Provisional Release of Vojislav Šešelj -- Arrest of Milan Bandić and the Sale of INA -- 2015 Parliamentary Elections -- Plan of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2 Transitional Justice as a Means of Deliberating the Past -- Transitional Justice in Theory -- Trickle-Down Effects of Norms -- Transitional Justice in the Former Yugoslavia -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 The Narrative of the Homeland War in Croatia -- Key Facets of the War Narrative -- The War Narrative -- The War Is Not Over -- How the War Narrative Is Reproduced -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Understandings of Law in Croatia -- Understanding War Crimes -- The ICTY-Slow, Inefficient, Unjust and Biased -- The Inefficient ICTY -- The Biased and Political ICTY -- The Necessary ICTY -- Domestic War Crimes Trials: Just as Slow, Unjust and Biased -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Serbs in the Eyes of Croats -- Contradictory Attitudes Towards Minorities -- The Forgiving Catholics and the Aggressive Orthodox -- Cyrillic -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 War Veterans in Croatia -- The Problem of the Branitelji -- The Role of Civil Society -- Twin Transitions-Neoliberal and Post-conflict Transition -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 An Atmosphere of Pessimism and Distrust: Comparison of Results -- Outcomes -- The War Narrative -- Serbs in the Eyes of Croats -- War Veterans -- Overall Comparison -- Amalgamating the Results -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8 Bosnia in the Croatian War Narrative: A Missed Expressivist Opportunity? -- Focus Group Results-The Narrative of Croatian Involvement.
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