Martin Leiner, Susan Flämig (Hg.)
Latin America between Conflict and Reconciliation
1. Auflage 2012
272 Seiten mit 4 Abb. und 10 Tab. gebunden
ISBN 978-3-525-56011-2
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Research in Peace and Reconciliation - Band 001
Versandkostenfrei in D, A, CH (Versandinformationen)
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In the last decades, many countries in Latin America underwent a transition from dictatorship to democracy. Truth commissions were an essential instrument of uncovering politically motivated crimes and serious human rights violations. However, in many cases truth came without justice, perpetrators were not held accountable, and the reparations policy was rather restrictive. The authors of this volume address the issue from a transdisciplinary perspective. On the one hand, they focus on a past that is shaped by fierce conflicts but also by attempts of fostering reconciliation in the middle of conflict. On the other hand, they address a reconciliation that still lies in the future and has to do with justice.
Their first part offers a collection of case studies that approach the topics of reconciliation and conflict resolution during and in the aftermath of dictatorship and civil war from different perspectives and academic disciplines. Their second part is dedicated to experiences with reconciliation, conflict resolution and migration from a global and comparative perspective.
Several contributors reflect the Hölderlin perspective of “reconciliation in the middle of dispute”. Other contributions aim to deepen our theoretical understanding of reconciliation by exploring the diversity of interpretations of the concept itself and elaborating the specific benefit of reconciliatory approaches for a sustainable peace. Two authors offer an in-depth analysis of particular conflicts, and one article deals with the influence of religion and culture on the social role of Brazilian migrants in Japan.
Zusammenfassung
Die Militärdiktaturen, die viele Staaten Lateinamerikas vor Ende der 1980er Jahre weithin prägten und die Bürgerkriege, die hunderttausende von Opfern unter der indigenen Landbevölkerung hervorriefen, scheinen überwunden. Wie viel sich wirklich und dauerhaft geändert hat, muss erst die Zukunft zeigen. Martin Leiner und Susan Flämig zeichnen das mühevolle Ringen um die Erschaffung einer Friedenskultur und um die Bestrafung der Täter – das Ende von Amnestie und Impunidad – ebenso nach wie die neuen Herausforderungen durch zivile Gewaltakte in den südamerikanischen Gesellschaften. Dieser Band erscheint als erster von 6 Bänden der neuen internationalen Reihe »Research in Peace and Reconciliation«.
