Socioeconomic Justice: International Intervention and Transition in Post-War Bosnia and Herzegovina (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108836449)

Does socioeconomic justice belong within transitional justice? Daniela Lai provides the first systematic analysis of experiences of socioeconomic violence during war and how they give rise to strong, but unheeded justice claims in the aftermath. She redefines socioeconomic justice as the redress of violence rooted in the political economy of conflict, and transitional justice as a social practice that belongs among grassroots activists as much as it does in courtrooms and truth commissions. Furthermore, she examines the role of international actors that rely on narrow, legalistic approaches to transitional justice, while also promoting economic reforms that hinder the emergence and pursuit of socioeconomic justice claims by conflict-affected communities. Drawing on a unique set of in-depth interviews with Bosnian communities, international officials and grassroots activists, this book provides new theoretical and empirical insights on the link between justice and political economy, on international interventions, and on Bosnia's post-war and post-socialist transformation.

Author: Daniela Lai
ISBN-10: 1108836445
ISBN-13: 9781108836449
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/18/2020
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d