Civil Society Narratives of Violence and Shaping the Transitional Justice Agenda in Zimbabwe

Chenai G. Matshaka

doi:10.5771/9781793645357

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In Civil Society Narratives of Violence and Shaping the Transitional Justice Agenda in Zimbabwe, Chenai G. Matshaka shows the shaping of the transitional justice agenda in Zimbabwe from a civil society perspective. Based on the understanding that transitional justice approaches are seen through the lenses by which the violence and conflict is understood, Matshaka explores the complexities that arise when particular narratives of violence dominate the agenda. This book contributes to a discussion on how narratives intervene in the trajectory of a transitional justice process of a society in ways that may be beneficial or detrimental to breaking cycles of injustice and domination.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-4534-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-4535-7
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 190
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. 1. Note No access
4. Acknowledgements No access
5. Acronyms No access
1. Why Civil Society Narratives No access
2. Case Selection and Methodology No access
3. 1. Civil Society and Transitional Justice No access
  2. Electoral Violence No access
  3. Narratives of Violence No access
4. Notes No access
1. Understanding Transitional Justice No access
2. 1. Meanings of Transitional Justice and Its Goals No access
  2. Transitional Justice and Liberalism: A Doomed Marriage? No access
  3. The Liberal Peace Narrative No access
  4. The Human Rights Narrative No access
3. Zimbabwean Civil Society and the Grounding of a Human Rights Approach to Transitional Justice No access
4. Notes No access
1. What Is Civil Society? No access
2. Civil Society in Africa No access
3. Situating Civil Society in Transitional Justice No access
4. Civil Society, Violence and Transitional Justice in Zimbabwe No access
5. Note No access
1. Understanding Narrative No access
2. Narratives of Political Violence No access
3. Narrative, Memory and Transitional Justice No access
4. Civil Society and Narratives of Political Violence No access
5. 1. Violence and Hanging on to Political Power No access
  2. The Nature of the Violence: Precedents and Patterns No access
  3. Organised Violence No access
  4. Violence as Violations of Human Rights No access
  5. Enemies of the State No access
6. 1. “The Fear Factor” No access
  2. Free and Fair Elections No access
  3. A Culture of Impunity No access
7. Notes No access
1. Agenda-Setting No access
2. The Role of Civil Society in Influencing Transitional Justice Agenda-Setting No access
3. 1. Why Do Key Events Matter in Transitional Justice? No access
4. Focusing Events Theory No access
5. Critical Juncture Approach to Narrative and Transitional Justice No access
6. Transitional Justice Moments No access
7. 1. The Lancaster House Agreement and Independence in 1980 No access
  2. The Unity Accord (1987) No access
  3. The 2009 Government of National Unity No access
  4. The 2013 Constitution and Establishment of the NPRC No access
  5. The Motlanthe Commission No access
8. Notes No access
1. Contradictions within Civil Society and the Implications Thereof No access
2. The State versus Civil Society No access
3. The Role of “Outsiders” in the Disagreements between the State and Civil Society No access
4. Perceived Implications of the Disagreements No access
5. Where to for Transitional Justice in Zimbabwe? No access
6. The NPRC Game and Recommendations for Civil Society No access
7. Notes No access
1. Key Findings No access
2. The Narrative of Violence No access
3. Disagreements about the Narrative and the Shaping of the Agenda No access
References No access Pages 165 - 184
Index No access Pages 185 - 188
About the Author No access Pages 189 - 190