Transitional Justice and Its Discontents: Socioeconomic Justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Limits of International Intervention
Journal article
Lai, D. (2016). Transitional Justice and Its Discontents: Socioeconomic Justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Limits of International Intervention. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding. 10 (3), pp. 361-381. https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2016.1199478
Authors | Lai, D. |
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Abstract | The incorporation of socioeconomic concerns into transitional justice has traditionally, as a result of prevailing liberal notions about dealing with the past, been both conceptually and practically difficult. This article demonstrates and accounts for these difficulties through the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country which has been characterized by a complex transition process and a far-reaching international intervention, encompassing transitional justice and peacebuilding as well as political and economic reforms. Examining the limits of international intervention in Bosnia and the marginalization of socioeconomic justice issues, the article analyses the events surrounding the protests that broke out in February 2014, and the ensuing international engagement with the protest movement. Faced with a broad-based civic movement calling for socioeconomic justice, the international community struggled to understand its claims as justice issues, framing them instead as problems to be tackled through reforms aimed at completing Bosnia’s transition towards a market economy. The operation of peacebuilding and transitional justice within the limits of neoliberal transformation is thus instrumental in explaining how and why socioeconomic justice issues become marginalized, as well as accounting for the expression of popular discontent where justice becomes an object of contestation and external intervention. |
Keywords | 1606 Political Science |
Year | 2016 |
Journal | Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding |
Journal citation | 10 (3), pp. 361-381 |
ISSN | 1750-2977 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2016.1199478 |
Publication dates | |
18 Jul 2016 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 19 Sep 2018 |
Accepted | 02 Jul 2016 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Additional information | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding on 18/07/2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17502977.2016.1199478 |
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