Dr. Elisabeth Bunselmeyer is based at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies and University of Hamburg. She holds a PhD in Political Science from University of Marburg and was honoured the Christiane-Rajewsky-Award 2018 by the German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies. Her areas of work and research are the social development in post-conflict settings and the impact of transitional justice processes in Latin America

• Table of ContentsTables and figuresAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations IntroductionTransitional Justice and why it mattersRepairing Social CohesionResearch Focus and FrameworkTransitional Justice and Social CohesionFindings and ContributionThe Plan of the Book Transitional Justice and Social Cohesion: A new Framework2.1 Social Cohesion Indicator2.2 Social Cohesion and Armed Conflict2.3 The Impact of Transitional Justice on Social Coehsion The Challenge of Measuring Social Impact: The Quasi-Experimental Research Design3.1 The Analytical Framework: Stages of Transitional Justice Impact3.2 The Quasi-Experimental Research Design 3.3 Cases 3.4 Data Villages, Truth, Reparations and Social CohesionPART I Four Post-Conflict Communities4.1 Lucanamarca: Transitional Justice Overload in the Andes4.2 Chuschi: Hardly any Notice of Transitional Justice4.3 Santa Rosa: Reparations the "lost" Region of the Jungle4.4. Kimbiri: Transitional Justice and its Non-Importance4.5. Discussion Villages, Truth, Reparations and Social CohesionPART II Comparison of Ten Post-Conflict Communities5.1. Six further Post-Conflict Communities San Antonio de JuloCarmen de AlanyaQuispillactaSan Juan de UchuyriNuevo ProgresoQuerobamba5.2. The Implementation of Transitional Justice5.3. The Awareness and Perception of Transitional Justice5.4. The Impact on Social Cohesion Individuals, Truth, Reparations and Social Cohesion6.1 Receivers, Non-Receivers and Observers in the Focus6.2 Victims and Non-Victims in the Focus6.3 Men and Women in the Focus6.4 Authorities and Non-Authorities in the Focus6.5 Getting to Know the "Contented" Villagers 6.6 Getting to Know the "Socially-Minded" Villagers ConclusionAssessing the Impact of Transitional Justice on Social Cohesion in PeruThe Ambiguity of Truth and Reparations in PeruThe Challenge to Assess Social ImpactThe (Im)possible Task of Repair in Post-Conflict SocietiesOutlookAnnexes

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