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  • Surviving Peace

    A Political Memoir

    by Olivera Simic ...
    How do you pick up the pieces after your life is shattered by war? How do you continue living when your country no longer exists, your language is no longer spoken and your family is divided, not just by distance but by politics too? What happens when your old identity is taken from you and a new one imposed, one that you never asked for? When Olivera Simic was seven years old, President Tito died ... Read more

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  • Madam War Criminal

    Biljana Plavšic, Serbia's Iron Lady

    by Olivera Simic ...
    In 2001, Biljana Plavšic made history: she became the only female political leader ever prosecuted for mass atrocities. She was the one woman among 161 indictees at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia--and the first since Nuremberg to be convicted by an international court. Charged with genocide and crimes against humanity, Plavšic took a plea bargain. Just one other ... Read more

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  • Lola’s War

    Rape Without Punishment

    by Olivera Simic ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This longitudinal study is based on the story of Lola, who was gang raped during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992. At the time, she was in a detention camp with her young children. Only one of Lola’s several perpetrators was convicted but his sentence of six years of imprisonment has never been actioned by the Bosnian judiciary. Lola’s rapist is still free and she lives in continual fear ... Read more

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  • Regulation of Sexual Conduct in UN Peacekeeping Operations

    by Olivera Simic ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book critically examines the response of the United Nations (UN) to the problem of sexual exploitation in UN Peace Support Operations. It assesses the Secretary-General’s Bulletin on Special Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (2003) (SGB) and its definition of sexual exploitation, which includes sexual relationships and prostitution. With reference to people affected by the ... Read more

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  • Transitional Justice and Reconciliation

    Lessons from the Balkans

    Series series Transitional Justice
    Scholars and practitioners alike agree that somehow the past needs to be addressed in order to enable individuals and collectives to rebuild trust and relationships. However, they also continue to struggle with critical questions. When is the right moment to address the legacies of the past after violent conflict? How can societies address the past without deepening the pain that arises from ... Read more

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  • An Introduction to Transitional Justice

    Edited by Olivera Simić ...
    The Second Edition of An Introduction to Transitional Justice provides a comprehensive overview of transitional justice judicial and non-judicial measures implemented by societies to redress legacies of massive human rights abuse. Written by some of the leading experts in the field, it takes a broad, interdisciplinary approach to the subject, addressing the dominant transitional justice mechanisms ... Read more

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  • Peace Psychology in the Balkans

    Dealing with a Violent Past while Building Peace

    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    The volume covers the development of peace psychology in the Balkans. The Balkans is a region marked by post-communist and post-conflict transitional turmoil, and this book provides a comprehensive introduction to research in peace psychology in this part of the world, written by scholars primarily working in the Balkan area. It brings together innovative scholarship that examines ... Read more

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  • Transitional Justice and Civil Society in the Balkans

    Edited by Zala Volčič, Olivera Simić ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    Transitional Justice and Civil Society in the Balkans covers civil society engagements with transitional justice processes in the Balkans. The Balkans are a region marked by the post-communist and post-conflict transitional turmoil through which its countries are going through.This volume is intended to provide a comprehensive introduction to research in transitional justice in this part of the ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Arts of Transitional Justice

    Culture, Activism, and Memory after Atrocity

    Edited by Olivera Simić, Peter D. Rush ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    The Art of Transitional Justice examines the relationship between transitional justice and the practices of art associated with it. Art, which includes theater, literature, photography, and film, has been integral to the understanding of the issues faced in situations of transitional justice as well as other issues arising out of conflict and mass atrocity. The chapters in this volume take up this ... Read more

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    Thisis the first book to situate the territories and collective identities of former Yugoslavia within the politics of race – not just ethnicity – and the history of how ideas of racialised difference have been translated globally. The book connects critical race scholarship, global historical sociologies of ‘race in translation’ and south-east European cultural critique to show that the Yugoslav ... Read more

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    A Very Short Introduction

    by Rana Mitter ...
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    China today is never out of the news: from international finance to human rights controversies, global coverage of its rising international presence, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. It seems to be a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristic cities, heir to an ancient civilization that is still trying to find a modern identity. This Very Short ... Read more

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  • Globalization and Contemporary Art

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