shows that there was very little institutional memory associated with among the Rwandan gacaca population. Many people had never heard of the courts or what they were about (PRI 2002, 9 fn 16; Thelle 2001, 83-84). This would indicate that similar systems should be able to be instituted in other authoritarian societies that have no history of such institutions. The effects of these and other independent variables not explored in this paper may have significant effects on the reconciliation strategies chosen by authoritarian regimes. Additionally, comparative analysis across other cases of reconciliation in authoritarian regimes would provide more answers. While there is not room for these in this paper, it is certainly worth exploring in future research. Reconciliation need not be a threat to authoritarian regimes in the aftermath of violent civil conflict. Instead, reconciliation should be considered yet another tool in the authoritarian toolkit for maintaining power and repressing opposition if employed properly. Works Cited Afzali, Aneelah and Laura Colleton. 2003. coexistence: a survey of coexistence “Constructing projects in areas of ethnic conflict.” In Imagine Coexistence: Restoring Humanity After Violent eds. Antonia Chayes and Martha Minow. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 3-20. Ethnic Conflict, Arriola, Leonardo R. 2009. and Political Stability in Africa.” Comparative Political “Patronage 42:10, 1339-1362. Studies Babbitt, Eileen F. 2003. coexistence: Insights and challenges.” In Imagine “Evaluating eds. Antonia Chayes and Martha Coexistence: Restoring Humanity Violent Ethnic Conflict, Minow. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 102-127. Bass, Gary. 2000. Princeton: Stay the Hand Vengeance: The Politics of War Crimes Tribunals. Princeton University Press. Bloomfield, Teresa Barnes, and Luc Huyse, eds. 2003. Reconciliation After Violent Stockholm: International IDEA. Conflict: a handbook. Bornkamm, Paul Christoph. 2012. Rwanda’s Gacaca Courts: Between retribution and Oxford: Oxford University Press. reparation.
shows that there was very little institutional memory associated with gacaca among the Rwandan population. Many people had never heard of the courts or what they were about (PRI 2002, 9 fn 16; Thelle 2001, 83-84). This would indicate that similar systems should be able to be instituted in other authoritarian societies that have no history of such institutions. The effects of these and other independent variables not explored in this paper may have significant effects on the reconciliation strategies chosen by authoritarian regimes. Additionally, comparative analysis across other cases of reconciliation in authoritarian regimes would provide more answers. While there is not room for these in this paper, it is certainly worth exploring in future research. Reconciliation need not be a threat to authoritarian regimes in the aftermath of violent civil conflict. Instead, reconciliation should be considered yet another tool in the authoritarian toolkit for maintaining power and repressing opposition if employed properly. Works Cited Afzali, Aneelah and Laura Colleton. 2003. “Constructing coexistence: a survey of coexistence projects in areas of ethnic conflict.” In Imagine Coexistence: Restoring Humanity After Violent Ethnic Conflict, eds. Antonia Chayes and Martha Minow. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 3-20. Arriola, Leonardo R. 2009. “Patronage and Political Stability in Africa.” Comparative Political Studies 42:10, 1339-1362. Babbitt, Eileen F. 2003. “Evaluating coexistence: Insights and challenges.” In Imagine Coexistence: Restoring Humanity Violent Ethnic Conflict, eds. Antonia Chayes and Martha Minow. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 102-127. Bass, Gary. 2000. Stay the Hand Vengeance: The Politics of War Crimes Tribunals. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Bloomfield, Teresa Barnes, and Luc Huyse, eds. 2003. Reconciliation After Violent Conflict: a handbook. Stockholm: International IDEA. Bornkamm, Paul Christoph. 2012. Rwanda’s Gacaca Courts: Between retribution and reparation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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