Annika Björkdahl
Professor
Peacebuilding, Structural Violence and Spatial Reparations in Post-Colonial South Africa
Author
Summary, in English
Peacebuilding approaches have placed emphasis on the restoration of political relationships and symbolic notions of community reconciliation, paying limited attention to the material causes of violence. In South Africa, the historical structural economic violence has been maintained, and after the formal end of apartheid, a lack of equitable distribution of resources is ongoing. This article conceptually and empirically argues that distributive justice measures are a way of compensating those affected by structural economic violence and addressing structural inequalities. Spatial reparations, we argue, could support readjustment of the socio-economic causes and consequences of violence in conjunction with promoting social justice.
Department/s
- Department of Political Science
Publishing year
2021
Language
English
Pages
327-346
Publication/Series
Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
Volume
15
Issue
3
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Routledge
Topic
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Keywords
- distributive justice
- Peacebuilding
- South Africa
- spatial reparations
- structural violence
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1750-2977