Deconstructing transitional justice in Croatia: understanding peacebuilding developments in the context of conflicting discourses and competing truths

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dc.contributor.authorCarevic, Mateja
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteePatzer, Jeremy (Sociology) Byrne, Sean (Peace and Conflict Studies)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorSmandych, Russell (Sociology)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-11T16:48:52Z
dc.date.available2017-09-11T16:48:52Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.degree.disciplineSociologyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the current state of transitional justice in Croatia through a critical discourse analysis of five conflicting discourses, which include international actors, legal, local government, local peacebuilders and media discourses. A critical analysis of identified discourses was conducted in order to explore how different actors have collectively shaped transitional justice in the Balkans. Overall, the results of my research indicate that policies and practices imposed by powerful international and national actors have obstructed peace developments in the region because they were not implemented in order to initiate a deeper socio-political change and social transformation, but rather to serve the interests of powerful groups and maintain existing social hierarchies. Social consequences of such discourse control are unsustainable peace, social polarization and ethnic divisions that can easily provoke another violent conflict.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2017en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/32534
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectTransitional justiceen_US
dc.subjectPeacebuildingen_US
dc.subjectYugoslaviaen_US
dc.subjectCroatiaen_US
dc.subjectPeaceen_US
dc.titleDeconstructing transitional justice in Croatia: understanding peacebuilding developments in the context of conflicting discourses and competing truthsen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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