Kent, Lia.

The dynamics of transitional justice : international models and local realities in East Timor / Lia Kent. - Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York : Routledge, 2012. - p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

The global celebration of transitional justice and the East Timor reality -- Interrogating 'transition' and 'justice' -- Stability versus retributive justice : unpacking the UN's East Timor 'success story' -- The serious crimes process and the commission for reception, truth and reconciliation : justice possibilities and impossibilities -- National unity, collective struggle and the future: the East Timorese leadership's narratives of justice and nation-building -- Local narratives of (in)justice: recognition, retribution and economic assistance -- Local memory practices and the emerging politics of victims' rights -- Rethinking transitional justice.

9780415504362 (hardback)

2011052527


Transitional justice--Timor-Leste.

KNW5046.8 / .K46 2012

320.95987011