Domenica Preysing

Transitional Justice in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia (2011¿2013)

How the Past Shapes the Future

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Produktbeschreibung

Domenica Preysing offers a critical reading of"transitional justice" that focuses on political dynamics in post-revolutionaryTunisia, from the ouster of president Ben Ali in January 2011 until theadoption of transitional justice bill in December 2013. She explores the role,structure and characteristics of evolving transitional justice policy discourseto provide a better understanding of how, by who, and to what effect the policylabel "transitional justice" is progressively filled with meaning. She showsthat conflicting interpretations of both the past and the present have beenboth deeply embedded in and an expression of the dynamic context of domesticpolitical transformation, as old and new elites struggle over the politicalidentity and direction of post-Ben Ali Tunisia.

Produktdetails

• Politik und Gesellschaft des Nahen Ostens
• Verlag: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden / Springer VS / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-658-12011-5
• 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9783658120115
• ISBN-10: 3658120118
• Artikelnr.: 43936247

Autorenporträt

Domenica Preysing has spent several years working in development policy, research and consulting with a special focus on the Middle East.

Inhaltsangabe

Transitional Justice Discourse in Transition.- Post-structuralist Political Discourse Theory.- FromDiscourse Theory to Discourse Analysis.- A BriefChronology of Political Transition in Tunisia.- "TransitionalJustice" in Political Transition.- Lustration:The Discursive Struggle over Political Exclusion.- Reparations: The Discursive Struggle forRecognition.