Meaningful acknowledgement: how to evaluate acknowledgement in transitional justice interactions using deliberative reciprocity?

Sokolic, Ivor ORCID: 0000-0003-1450-8377 (2024) Meaningful acknowledgement: how to evaluate acknowledgement in transitional justice interactions using deliberative reciprocity? International Journal of Human Rights. ISSN 1364-2987

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Abstract

Acknowledgment of wrongdoing is considered necessary for relationship transformation in processes of transitional justice. However, the concept has only been studied in the institutional and legal context. Its social and interpersonal dimensions at the micro level remain poorly understood. This article addresses this gap by studying interactions between ordinary citizens across ethnic lines in response to war crimes trials. The article uses deliberative reciprocity to create a novel typology to identify meaningful acknowledgement in 162 inter-ethnic exchanges derived from focus groups in four former Yugoslav countries. The study also identifies what triggers this ideal type and finds that the triggers are related to conversational changes in identity constructions and knowledge claims. But the triggers only occur when individuals also endorse each other’s views across ethnic lines. The article thus shows how relationships transform in inter-ethnic interactions, even when individuals hold differing views and arguments about transitional justice.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s)
Divisions:	European Institute
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	21 Nov 2024 11:00
Last Modified:	21 Nov 2024 11:00
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/126119

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