Andrew Woolford, R. S. Ratner

Informal Reckonings (eBook, ePUB)

Conflict Resolution in Mediation, Restorative Justice, and Reparations

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Informal Reckonings is a critical examination of mediation, restorative justice and reparations and how they reinforce yet potentially transform the formal justice system.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134087112
• Artikelnr.: 38251837

Autorenporträt

Andrew Woolford is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Manitoba. He is author of Between Justice and Certainty: Treaty Making in British Columbia (2005, UBC Press). Dr. Woolford has published articles on Canadian Aboriginal peoples, genocide and conflict resolution in journals such as Law & Society Review, Critical Criminology, Canadian Journal of Sociology, Journal of Human Rights, and Social Justice.

R.S. Ratner is Professor Emeritus (Sociology) at the University of British Columbia. He co-edited State Control: Criminal Justice Politics in Canada (1987, UBC Press) and Challenges and Perils: Social Democracy in Neoliberal Times (2005, Fernwood Books). His research interests are in the fields of social movements, critical criminology, and political sociology. His current research project is a cross-cultural study of genocide reparations.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Formal and Informal Justice: What is 'Formal' Justice? The Critique
of 'Formal' Justice. The Reparational Turn: Emerging Visions of 'Informal'
Justice. The Informal/Formal Justice Complex. Justice: The Grand Illusion?
Part 2: Resolving Conflict in a Changing World: Understanding
Transformations in the Juridical Field. Neoliberalism and Governmentality.
Communicative and Instrumental Forms of Informal Justice. Changing
Historical Contexts and Changing Justice Practices. The Quest for
Redemption (Perpetrators and Victims) Part 3: Mediation as 'Informal
Justice': What is Mediation? Its Origins and Position in the Juridical
Field. Mediation Within the Field of Civil Conflict. The Strengths and
Weaknesses of Mediated Settlements. Splits in Mediation Practice: The
Fragmentation of the Mediation Field (e.g. Evaluative, Facilitative and
Transformative Mediation). The Prospects for Mediation in the
Informal/Formal Justice Complex Part 4: Restorative Justice as 'Informal'
Justice: What is Restorative Justice? Its Origins, Intersections With
Mediation and Position in the Juridical Field. Restoration Within the Field
of Criminal Conflict. The Strengths and Weaknesses of Restoration. Splits
in the Practice of Restoration: 'Communitarian' and 'Governmentalist'
Restoration. The Prospects for Restorative Justice in the Informal/Formal
Justice Complex Part 5: Reparations As Informal Justice: What Are
Reparations? Their Origins, Intersections with Mediation and Restorative
Justice and Position Within the Juridical Field. Reparations Within the
Fields of National and International Conflict. The Strengths and Weaknesses
of Reparations. Splits in the Field of Reparations: Reparations for Justice
and Reparations for Certainty. The Prospects for Reparations in the
Informal/Formal Justice Complex Part 6: Conclusions. Summary of Noted
Tensions and Contradictions in the Juridical Field (Pertaining to
Mediation, Restorative Justice and Reparations). Reconfiguring the
Informal/Formal Complex. Towards 'Transformative Justice'