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 Introduction Transitional Justice and why it matters Repairing Social Cohesion Research Focus and Framework Transitional Justice and Social Cohesion Findings and Contribution The Plan of the Book Transitional Justice and Social Cohesion: A new Framework 2.1 Social Cohesion Indicator 2.2 Social Cohesion and Armed Conflict 2.3 The Impact of Transitional Justice on Social Coehsion The Challenge of Measuring Social Impact: The Quasi-Experimental Research Design 3.1 The Analytical Framework: Stages of Transitional Justice Impact 3.2 The Quasi-Experimental Research Design 3.3 Cases 3.4 Data Villages, Truth, Reparations and Social Cohesion PART I Four Post-Conflict Communities 4.1 Lucanamarca: Transitional Justice Overload in the Andes 4.2 Chuschi: Hardly any Notice of Transitional Justice 4.3 Santa Rosa: Reparations the "lost" Region of the Jungle 4.4. Kimbiri: Transitional Justice and its Non-Importance 4.5. Discussion Villages, Truth, Reparations and Social Cohesion PART II Comparison of Ten Post-Conflict Communities 5.1. Six further Post-Conflict Communities San Antonio de Julo Carmen de Alanya Quispillacta San Juan de Uchuyri Nuevo Progreso Querobamba 5.2. The Implementation of Transitional Justice 5.3. The Awareness and Perception of Transitional Justice 5.4. The Impact on Social Cohesion Individuals, Truth, Reparations and Social Cohesion 6.1 Receivers, Non-Receivers and Observers in the Focus 6.2 Victims and Non-Victims in the Focus 6.3 Men and Women in the Focus 6.4 Authorities and Non-Authorities in the Focus 6.5 Getting to Know the "Contented" Villagers 6.6 Getting to Know the "Socially-Minded" Villagers Conclusion Assessing 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