Research Catalog

Title

Transitional justice and the 'disappeared' of Northern Ireland : silence, memory, and the construction of the past / Lauren Dempster.

Author

Dempster, Lauren

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Description

xii, 279 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

This book employs a transitional justice lens to address the 'disappearances' that occurred during the Northern Ireland conflict--or 'Troubles'--and the post-conflict response to these 'disappearances.' Despite an extensive literature around 'dealing with the past' in Northern Ireland, as well as a substantial body of scholarship on 'disappearances' in other national contexts, there has been little scholarly scrutiny of 'disappearances' in post-conflict Northern Ireland. Although the Good Friday Agreement brought relative peace to Northern Ireland, no provision was made for the establishment of some form of overarching truth and reconciliation commission aimed at comprehensively addressing the legacy of violence. Nevertheless, a mechanism to recover the remains of the 'disappeared'--the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR)--was established, and has in fact proven to be quite effective. As a result, the reactions of key constituencies to the 'disappearances' can be used as a prism through which to comprehensively explore issues of relevance to transitional justice scholars and practitioners. Pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, and based on extensive empirical research, this book provides a multifaceted exploration of the responses of these constituencies to the practice of 'disappearing.' It engages with transitional justice themes including silence, memory, truth, acknowledgement, and apology. Key issues examined include the mobilisation efforts of families of the 'disappeared,' efforts by a (former) non-state armed group to address its legacy of violence, the utility of a limited immunity mechanism to incentivise information provision, and the interplay between silence and memory in the shaping of a collective, societal understanding of the 'disappeared.'

Series Statement

Transitional justice

Uniform Title

Transitional justice.

Subjects

• Northern Ireland
• Transitional justice
• Since 1968
• Northern Ireland > History > 1998-
• Northern Ireland > History > 1968-1998
• Transitional justice > Northern Ireland
• Disappeared persons > Northern Ireland
• History

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Queen's University of Belfast, 2016.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-272) and index.

Call Number

JFE 20-1435

ISBN

• 0815375646
• 9780815375647

OCLC

1057377195

Author

Dempster, Lauren, author.

Title

Transitional justice and the 'disappeared' of Northern Ireland : silence, memory, and the construction of the past / Lauren Dempster.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Transitional justice

Transitional justice.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-272) and index.

Chronological Term

Since 1968

Research Call Number

JFE 20-1435