Lost in Transition: Puzzles of Reconciliation
This paper discusses reconciliation as a strategy to heal social wounds caused by dictatorial regimes or deep economic crises. The paper treats two such examples: The failed attempts of the Icelandic government to reach a deal with the UK and the Netherlands about the repayment of debts incurred by...
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ftkbcopenhojs:oai:ojs.tidsskrift.dk:article/27240 2023-05-15T16:49:02+02:00 Lost in Transition: Puzzles of Reconciliation Ólafsson, Jón 2015-01-21 application/pdf https://tidsskrift.dk/res_cogitans/article/view/27240 eng eng University of Southern Denmark https://tidsskrift.dk/res_cogitans/article/view/27240/23980 https://tidsskrift.dk/res_cogitans/article/view/27240 Ophavsret (c) 2016 res_cogitans Res Cogitans; Årg. 10 Nr. 1 (2015): Special issue in honour of Professor Juha Räikkä's 50th birthday Res Cogitans; Vol 10 No 1 (2015): Special issue in honour of Professor Juha Räikkä's 50th birthday 1603-8509 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artikel undergået peer review 2015 ftkbcopenhojs 2020-07-18T23:17:43Z This paper discusses reconciliation as a strategy to heal social wounds caused by dictatorial regimes or deep economic crises. The paper treats two such examples: The failed attempts of the Icelandic government to reach a deal with the UK and the Netherlands about the repayment of debts incurred by the bankrupt Landsbanki Íslands and the prosecution of Mr. Geir Haarde, formerly Prime Minister of Iceland. It is argued that although reconciliation strategies have in some cases been partially successful, it can be counterproductive to prefer moral aspirations or goals, such as rebuilding trust after serious political, social or economic disintegration, to strictly legal ways of dealing with individual cases. As the case with Mr. Haarde shows, the endeavor to achieve moral goals using legal means can backfire in unexpected ways. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Tidsskrift.dk (The Royal Library, Denmark) |
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This paper discusses reconciliation as a strategy to heal social wounds caused by dictatorial regimes or deep economic crises. The paper treats two such examples: The failed attempts of the Icelandic government to reach a deal with the UK and the Netherlands about the repayment of debts incurred by the bankrupt Landsbanki Íslands and the prosecution of Mr. Geir Haarde, formerly Prime Minister of Iceland. It is argued that although reconciliation strategies have in some cases been partially successful, it can be counterproductive to prefer moral aspirations or goals, such as rebuilding trust after serious political, social or economic disintegration, to strictly legal ways of dealing with individual cases. As the case with Mr. Haarde shows, the endeavor to achieve moral goals using legal means can backfire in unexpected ways. |
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Lost in Transition: Puzzles of Reconciliation |
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Res Cogitans; Årg. 10 Nr. 1 (2015): Special issue in honour of Professor Juha Räikkä's 50th birthday Res Cogitans; Vol 10 No 1 (2015): Special issue in honour of Professor Juha Räikkä's 50th birthday 1603-8509 |
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