Transitional Justice in Nicaragua 1990¿2012

Drawing a Line Under the Past
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-658-10502-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 4348 g

Astrid Bothmann examines historical, political and socioeconomic factors that explain the absence of transitional justice in Nicaragua from 1990 to 2012. The author provides the first systematic analysis of the reasons for the lack of transitional justice in Nicaragua after the end of the Sandinista regime and the civil war (1990). Contrary to other Latin American states of the third wave of democratization, which put the perpetrators of past crimes on trial, established truth commissions, purged political and military officials, and made reparations to the victims, Nicaragua’s first post-war government opted for a policy of national reconciliation that was based on amnesty and oblivion. Subsequent governments followed this course so that the past has not been dealt with until today.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bothmann, Astrid

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Mittel-/Südamerika
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Transformationsprozesse (Politikwiss.)
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Sandinista era: Regime characteristics and human rights violations.- The Chamorro government: Elite interests and the balance of power.- The Alemán administration: The revival of caudillismo.- The Bolaños presidency: The attempted truth commission.- The Ortega II government: Recovering the revolution.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Astrid Bothmann is a political scientist currently working as project manager in the department “Politics and Society” at the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius in Hamburg.