[PDF] Civil Society And Transitional Justice In Asia And The Pacific eBook

Author : Claire Cronin
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 28,82 MB
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Civil society
ISBN : 1760463299

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Over the last two decades, civil society has helped catalyse responses to the legacies of violent conflicts and oppressive political regimes in Asia and the Pacific. Civil society has advocated for the establishment of criminal trials and truth commissions, monitored their operations and pushed for take-up of their recommendations. It has also initiated community-based transitional justice responses. Yet, there has been little in-depth examination of the breadth and diversity of these roles. This book addresses this gap by analysing the heterogeneity of civil society transitional justice activity in Asia and the Pacific. Based upon empirically grounded case studies of Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Bougainville, Solomon Islands and Fiji, this book illustrates that civil society actors can have different - and sometimes competing - priorities, resources and approaches to transitional justice. Their work is also underpinned by diverse understandings of 'justice'. By reflecting on the richness of this activity, this book advances contemporary debates about transitional justice and civil society. It will also be a valuable resource for scholars and practitioners working on Asia and the Pacific.

Author : Joanne Wallis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 30,22 MB
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1000061353

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Reconceiving Civil Society and Transitional Justice examines the role of civil society in transitional justice, exploring the forms of civil society that are enabled or disabled by transitional justice processes and the forms of transitional justice activity that are enabled and disabled by civil society actors. Although civil society organisations play an integral role in the pursuit of transitional justice in conflict-affected societies, the literature lacks a comprehensive conceptualisation of the diversity and complexity of these roles. This reflects the degree to which dominant approaches to transitional justice focus on liberal-legal justice strategies and international human rights norms. In this context, civil society organisations are perceived as intermediaries who are thought to advocate for and support formal, liberal transitional justice processes. The contributions to this volume demonstrate that the reality is more complicated; civil society can – and does – play important roles in enabling formal transitional justice processes, but it can also disrupt them. Informed by detailed fieldwork across Asia and the Pacific Islands, the contributions demonstrate that neither transitional justice or civil society should be treated as taken-for-granted concepts. Demonstrating that neither transitional justice or civil society should be treated as taken-for-granted concepts, Reconceiving Civil Society and Transitional Justice will be of great interest to scholars of Security Studies, Asian Studies, Peacebuilding, Asia Pacific, Human Rights, Reconciliation and the Politics of Memory. The chapters were originally published as a special issue of Global Change, Peace & Security.

Author : Renee Jeffery
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 47,77 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Law
ISBN : 110704037X

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This is the first book to provide an overview of the processes and practices of transitional justice in the Asia-Pacific region.

Author : Renée Jeffery
Publisher :
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 37,63 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Political crimes and offenses
ISBN : 9781107668508

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This is the first book to provide an overview of the processes and practices of transitional justice in the Asia-Pacific region.

Author : Renée Jeffery
Publisher :
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 43,45 MB
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Political crimes and offenses
ISBN : 9781107691841

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This is the first book to provide an overview of the processes and practices of transitional justice in the Asia-Pacific region.

Author : Isagani R. Serrano
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 16,89 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :

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2. A NEW ASIAN DRAMA

Author : Bert Jenkins
Publisher : Springer
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 22,74 MB
Release : 2017-10-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9811068003

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This book focuses on the formal and informal reconciliation processes during conflict and post-conflict periods in various locations in the Asia-Pacific, and includes cases studies based on primary research conducted in countries such as Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, South Thailand, Bougainville and the Solomon Islands. It offers insights to further our understanding of the social and political processes of reconciliation in a region that has witnessed numerous armed conflicts, many of them perpetuating over generations. The book also draws lessons from the richness arising from diversity in terms of religious and cultural practices, social life, and forms of government and governance, and through the exploration of theories and practices of reconciliation in conflict and post-conflict contexts in the region. It provides useful reference material for researchers, academics, policy makers and students working in the areas of peacebuilding, conflict transformation, reconciliation, social cohesion, development, transitional justice and human rights in the Asia and Pacific region.

Author : Paige Arthur
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 50,88 MB
Release : 2018-03-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 1107166780

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Explores how international assistance shapes transitional justice around the world, and asks how civil society can play a larger role in them.

Author : Stephen McCarthy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 46,20 MB
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1317961676

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This book explores the theoretical and empirical relationship between democracy and governance in the Asia-Pacific region. Examining a variety of country cases and themes addressing the theoretical tension between governance and democracy, it illuminates how this impacts political and civil societies across the region. Analysing the character, structure and current trajectories of polities in the Asia-Pacific, democratic or otherwise, this book demonstrates that the role of civil society, political society and governance has significantly differed in practice from what has been commonly assumed within the international community. The book includes both theoretical investigations tracing the modern development of the concepts of governance, development and democratization as well as regional and country-specific observations of major issues, presenting comprehensive country-level studies of China, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Fiji and the Solomon Islands. Presenting fascinating insight into non-democratic governance, civil society and the rule of law in illiberal contexts, Governance and Democracy in the Asia-Pacific will prove to be of great use to students and scholars of Asian politics and society, as well as international and comparative politics.