Truth, Reparations and Social Cohesion

Dr. Elisabeth Bunselmeyer is based at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies and University of Hamburg. She holds a PhD in Political Science from University of Marburg and was honoured the Christiane-Rajewsky-Award 2018 by the German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies. Her areas of work and research are the social development in post-conflict settings and the impact of transitional justice processes in Latin America

Table of Contents

Tables and figures

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations






Introduction
Transitional Justice and why it matters

Repairing Social Cohesion

Research Focus and Framework

Transitional Justice and Social Cohesion

Findings and Contribution

The Plan of the Book




Transitional Justice and Social Cohesion: A new Framework
2.1 Social Cohesion Indicator

2.2 Social Cohesion and Armed Conflict

2.3 The Impact of Transitional Justice on Social Coehsion




The Challenge of Measuring Social Impact: The Quasi-Experimental Research Design
3.1 The Analytical Framework: Stages of Transitional Justice Impact

3.2 The Quasi-Experimental Research Design

3.3 Cases

3.4 Data




Villages, Truth, Reparations and Social Cohesion
PART I Four Post-Conflict Communities

4.1 Lucanamarca: Transitional Justice Overload in the Andes

4.2 Chuschi: Hardly any Notice of Transitional Justice

4.3 Santa Rosa: Reparations the "lost" Region of the Jungle

4.4. Kimbiri: Transitional Justice and its Non-Importance

4.5. Discussion




Villages, Truth, Reparations and Social Cohesion
PART II Comparison of Ten Post-Conflict Communities

5.1. Six further Post-Conflict Communities

San Antonio de Julo

Carmen de Alanya

Quispillacta

San Juan de Uchuyri

Nuevo Progreso

Querobamba

5.2. The Implementation of Transitional Justice

5.3. The Awareness and Perception of Transitional Justice

5.4. The Impact on Social Cohesion




Individuals, Truth, Reparations and Social Cohesion
6.1 Receivers, Non-Receivers and Observers in the Focus

6.2 Victims and Non-Victims in the Focus

6.3 Men and Women in the Focus

6.4 Authorities and Non-Authorities in the Focus

6.5 Getting to Know the "Contented" Villagers

6.6 Getting to Know the "Socially-Minded" Villagers




Conclusion

Assessing the Impact of Transitional Justice on Social Cohesion in Peru

The Ambiguity of Truth and Reparations in Peru

The Challenge to Assess Social Impact

The (Im)possible Task of Repair in Post-Conflict Societies

Outlook

Annexes