The Politics of Victimhood in Post-conflict Societies

Chapter 1. Introduction. Understanding the construction of victimhood and the evolving role of victims in transitional justice and peacebuilding; Vincent Druliolle and Roddy Brett.- Part I: Defining victims and victimhood.- Chapter 2. Victims and victimhood in reparation programs: Lessons from Latin America; Jemima García-Godos.- Chapter 3. Franco's victims in Spain: The long road towards justice and recognition; Rosa Ana Alija-Fernández and Olga Martín-Ortega.- Chapter 4. The struggle for recognition of the stolen children and the politics of victimhood in Spain; Vincent Druliolle.- Chapter 5. What defines the victims of human rights violations? The case of the Comité Pro Paz and Vicaría de la Solidaridad in Chile (1973-1992); Oriana Bernasconi, Marcela Ruiz and Elizabeth Lira.- Chapter 6. The politics of victimhood at the grassroots level: Inclusion and exclusion among Peruvian victim organisations; Mijke de Waardt.- Part II: Victims in the political arena.- Chapter 7. Explaining compensation in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina: The case of victims of torture and sexual violence; Jessie Hronesová.- Chapter 8. Uncooked rice: Justice and victimhood at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia and beyond; Johanna Herman.- Chapter 9. The uses of suffering: Victims as moral beacons or icons of grievance; Marie Breen-Smyth.- Chapter 10. Reconciliation in the making: Overcoming competitive victimhood through inter-group dialogue in Palestine/Israel; Olga Burkhardt-Vetter.- Part III: Victims, democratisation and peace processes.- Chapter 11. The role of the victims' delegations in the Santos-FARC peace talks; Roddy Brett.- Chapter 12. Victims and survivors from Cyangugu, Rwanda: The politics of testimony after genocide; Rachel Ibreck.

Vincent Druliolle is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain. His work about the politics of memory and transitional justice in Argentina and Spain has been published in journals such as the Journal of Human Rights and the International Journal of Transitional Justice.

Roddy Brett is Senior Lecturer with the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, UK, where he directs the M.Litt in Peace and Conflict Studies. His research addresses political violence, peacebuilding and human rights. His latest book is entitled The Origins and Dynamics of Genocide: Political Violence in Guatemala (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).