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**__Reconciliation by Stealth__** **advances a novel approach to evaluating the effects of transitional justice in post-conflict societies.** Through her examination of the Balkan conflicts, Denisa Kostovicova asks what happens when former adversaries discuss legacies of violence and atrocity, and whether it is possible to do so without further deepening animosities. __Reconciliation by Stealth__ shifts our attention from what people say about war crimes, to how they deliberate past wrongs. Bringing together theories of democratic deliberation and peace-building, Kostovicova demonstrates how people from opposing ethnic groups reconcile through reasoned, respectful, and empathetic deliberation of a difficult legacy. She finds that expression of ethnic difference plays a role in good-quality deliberation across ethnic lines, while revealed intraethnic divisions help deliberators expand moral horizons previously narrowed by conflict. In the process, people forge bonds of solidarity and offset divisive identity politics that bears upon their deliberations. __Reconciliation by Stealth__ shows us the importance of theoretical and methodological innovation in capturing how transitional ju

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Author

Denisa Kostovicova

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9781501769047

Category

nonfiction