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oapen-20.500.12657-747742023-08-03T09:20:39Z Reconciliation by Stealth Kostovicova, Denisa transitional justice, deliberation in divided societies, identity politics, transitional justice in the Balkans, ethnic identity and post-conflict reconciliation, justice and war crimes, reconciliation and peace in the Balkans, post-conflict justice negotiations bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTJ Peace studies & conflict resolution bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology Reconciliation by Stealth advances a novel approach to evaluating the effects of transitional justice in postconflict societies. Through her examination of the Balkan conflicts, Denisa Kostovicova asks what happens when former adversaries discuss legacies of violence and atrocity, and whether it is possible to do so without further deepening animosities.Reconciliation by Stealth shifts our attention from what people say about war crimes, to how they deliberate past wrongs. Bringing together theories of democratic deliberation and peacebuilding, Kostovicova demonstrates how people from opposing ethnic groups reconcile through reasoned, respectful, and empathetic deliberation about a difficult legacy. She finds that expression of ethnic difference plays a role in good-quality deliberation across ethnic lines, while revealed intraethnic divisions help deliberators expand moral horizons previously narrowed by conflict. In the process, people forge bonds of solidarity and offset divisive identity politics that bears upon their deliberations. Reconciliation by Stealth shows us the importance of theoretical and methodological innovation in capturing how transitional justice can promote reconciliation, and points to the untapped potential of deliberative problem-solving to repair relationships fractured by conflict. 2023-08-03T09:20:38Z 2023-08-03T09:20:38Z 2023 book ONIX_20230803_9781501769047_11 9781501769047 9781501769030 9781501769054 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/74774 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781501769047.pdf http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501769030/reconciliation-by-stealth Cornell University Press Cornell University Press 06a447d4-1d09-460f-8b1d-3b4b09d64407 9781501769047 9781501769030 9781501769054 Cornell University Press 264 Ithaca open access
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Reconciliation by Stealth advances a novel approach to evaluating the effects of transitional justice in postconflict societies. Through her examination of the Balkan conflicts, Denisa Kostovicova asks what happens when former adversaries discuss legacies of violence and atrocity, and whether it is possible to do so without further deepening animosities.Reconciliation by Stealth shifts our attention from what people say about war crimes, to how they deliberate past wrongs. Bringing together theories of democratic deliberation and peacebuilding, Kostovicova demonstrates how people from opposing ethnic groups reconcile through reasoned, respectful, and empathetic deliberation about a difficult legacy. She finds that expression of ethnic difference plays a role in good-quality deliberation across ethnic lines, while revealed intraethnic divisions help deliberators expand moral horizons previously narrowed by conflict. In the process, people forge bonds of solidarity and offset divisive identity politics that bears upon their deliberations. Reconciliation by Stealth shows us the importance of theoretical and methodological innovation in capturing how transitional justice can promote reconciliation, and points to the untapped potential of deliberative problem-solving to repair relationships fractured by conflict.
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