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Following times of great conflict and tragedy, many countries implement programs and policies of transitional justice, none more extensive than in post-genocide Rwanda. Placing Rwanda's transitional justice initiatives in their historical and political context, this book examines the project undertaken by the post-genocide government to shape the collective memory of the Rwandan population, both through political and judicial reforms but also in public commemorations and memorials. Drawing on over two decades of field research in Rwanda, Longman uses surveys and comparative local case studies to explore Rwanda's response both at a governmental and local level. He argues that despite good intentions and important innovations, Rwanda's authoritarian political context has hindered the ability of transnational justice to bring the radical social and political transformations that its advocates hoped. Moreover, it continues to heighten the political and economic inequalities that underline ethnic divisions and are an important ongoing barrier to reconciliation.

Authoritarianism --- Collective memory --- Ethnic conflict --- Genocide --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General. --- Political culture --- Social change --- Transitional justice --- Political aspects --- Rwanda --- Ethnic relations --- Political aspects. --- Politics and government --- Criminal law. Criminal procedure --- National movements --- #SBIB:328H419 --- #SBIB:327.5H20 --- #SBIB:39A73 --- Conflict, Ethnic --- Ethnic violence --- Inter-ethnic conflict --- Interethnic conflict --- Social conflict --- Political science --- Authority --- Culture --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Justice --- Human rights --- Collective remembrance --- Common memory --- Cultural memory --- Emblematic memory --- Historical memory --- National memory --- Public memory --- Social memory --- Memory --- Social psychology --- Group identity --- National characteristics --- Cleansing, Ethnic --- Ethnic cleansing --- Ethnic purification --- Ethnocide --- Purification, Ethnic --- Crime --- Instellingen en beleid: andere Afrikaanse landen --- Vredesonderzoek: algemeen --- Etnografie: Afrika --- Republika y'u Rwanda --- Rwandu --- Ruanda --- République rwandaise --- Republic of Rwanda --- Résidence du Ruanda --- Republika Nyarwanda --- Repubulika y'Urwanda --- Rwandese Republic --- République du Rwanda --- Repubulika y'u Rwanda --- ルワンダ --- Ruwanda --- רואנדה --- Ruʼandah --- Jamhuri ya Rwanda --- Руанда --- Республика Руанда --- Respublika Ruanda --- 卢旺达 --- Luwangda --- Ruanda-Urundi

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This seminal volume explores the most important dimensions of state formation and erosion, social conflict, and the gains and setbacks in democratization in contemporary Africa. The results of nearly a decade of research, reflection, and collegial interaction, the collection delineates the dominant patterns of political restructuring since the upheavals of the early 1990s.

POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African.