Contesting Transitional Justice as Liberal Governance in Revolutionary Tunisia

Mullin, Corinna; Patel, Ian

Abstract

This article discusses the politics of “transition” in Tunisia and locates Tunisia’s post-uprising justice initiatives within existing critical literature on global liberal governance and transitional justice. Methodologically, it treats transitional justice as a site of contestation, involving the exercise of domestic and transnational strategies of power as well as the often subversive agency of former and ongoing victims of state crime. By examining noninstitutionalized forms of contestation, this article seeks to understand and contextualize the fears expressed by some victims that the formal transitional justice process may be a diversion from, rather than bridge to, revolutionary aims.

Citation

Mullin, C., & Patel, I. (2016). Contesting Transitional Justice as Liberal Governance in Revolutionary Tunisia. Conflict and Society, 2(1), 104-124. https://doi.org/10.3167/arcs.2016.020111

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jan 6, 2015
• Print ISSN: 2164-4543
• Electronic ISSN: 2164-4551
• Publisher: Berghahn Journals
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 104-124
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3167/arcs.2016.020111