In: Pennsylvania studies in human rights
"This book considers the relative utility of "thin sympathy" through the lens of Uganda, where conflict and division have festered for more than half a century. The book proposes a hypothesis that suggests that the development of even a very rudimentary understanding among individuals from each of the different factions and groups-of what has happened, of the basic facts of the other's suffering-could be the necessary condition for promoting not just peaceful coexistence but a society's ability to move forward together. And although many assume that this understanding already exists, the author's work and the work of others has clearly demonstrated that there is a significant gap in that kind of perception across different groups. In Uganda, for example, very few people know much of anything about what happened in Northern Uganda between the government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army, and they know still less about the difficult experiences of northerners during the conflict. In fact, there is little cross-group knowledge between the 65 different ethnocultural groups of each other's experiences. Getting past that knowledge gap would allow them to at least understand why something like transitional justice might be necessary"--
In: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Ser.
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.
In: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Paving the Way -- Chapter 2. Background and History of Conflict in Uganda -- Chapter 3. Slow Decay or Intentional Neglect? -- Chapter 4. The Thin Sympathy Hypothesis and the Sympathetic Continuum -- Chapter 5. Switching On the Thin Sympathetic Response -- Chapter 6. Manufacturing Thin Sympathy -- Chapter 7. Thickening the Transitional Justice Strategy -- Chapter 8. Bridging the Divide -- Chapter 9. The Strength of Thin Sympathy and Transitional Justice -- Appendix 1. Ethnocultural Group Representation in Ugandan Population -- Appendix 2. List of Political Conflicts in Uganda Since Independence -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
In: Pennsylvania studies in human rights
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
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