Socioeconomic Justice
International Intervention and Transition in Post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Author: Daniela Lai, South Bank University, London
- Date Published: August 2021
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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.
Read more- Provides the first systematic analysis of socioeconomic violence in war and its implications for post-war justice processes
- Interdisciplinary in scope, drawing on international studies, political economy, socio-legal and sociological perspectives
- Based on original empirical material in the local language, collected during long periods of fieldwork in under-researched areas of Bosnia
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'War and violence are material processes that have material effects; they not only kill and maim but destroy everyday livelihoods and human dignity with it. Daniela Lai’s book is a tour de force connecting critical political economy analysis with theories of transitional justice, in so doing revealing the foundations for sustainable peace.' Jacqui True, Professor of Politics and International Relations, Monash University
See more reviews'The disillusionment in former Yugoslav territories with transition out of socialism and into a faux capitalist utopia is brilliantly analysed in Daniela Lai's study of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Moving beyond concepts of the formal law, her work captures the essence of socio-economic justice and material existence as experienced by citizens. For over twenty years international and local elites in Bosnia and Herzegovina have narrowly conceived justice or recast it in the service of unruly capital accumulation. Lai's research will attract readers for its rich addition to studies of transition, social mobilisation and political economies of war and peace.' Michael Pugh, Professor Emeritus, University of Bradford
‘… this book is an invaluable source for all those interested in teaching or researching post-conflict or transitional societies, grassroots approaches to justice, critical international relations, as well as political economy of war and peace.’ Zoran Vuckovac, KULT_online
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- Date Published: August 2021
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9781108876933
- contains: 6 tables
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: 'We Only Fight for Social Justice'
2. Theorising Socioeconomic Justice for Post-War Societies
3. Bosnia and Herzegovina Between its Post-War and Post-Socialist Condition
4. The International Political Economy of Socioeconomic Injustice
5. Socioeconomic Violence as a Feature of War
6. Socioeconomic Justice as a Post-War Justice Claim
7. Socioeconomic (In)Justice as a Catalyst for Social Mobilisation
8. Conclusion
Appendix: Researching Marginalised Stories of Socioeconomic Violence and (In)Justice
Bibliography
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