Table of Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgments xi
List of Abbreviations xiii
Chapter 1 Paving the Way: Making Transitional Justice Work Better 1
Chapter 2 Background and History of Conflict in Uganda 11
Chapter 3 Slow Decay or Intentional Neglect? Long-Term Issues with Post-Conflict Justice in Situations of Ongoing Violence and Repression 22
Chapter 4 The Thin Sympathy Hypothesis and the Sympathetic Continuum 40
Chapter 5 Switching On the Thin Sympathetic Response: Engaging the Population After Atrocity 65
Chapter 6 Manufacturing Thin Sympathy 80
Chapter 7 Thickening the Transitional Justice Strategy 97
Chapter 8 Bridging the Divide: Applying Thin Sympathy in Other Divided Societies 116
Chapter 9 The Strength of Thin Sympathy and Transitional Justice 135
Appendix 1 Ethnocultural Group Representation in Ugandan Population 141
Appendix 2 List of Political Conflicts in Uganda Since Independence 145
Notes 151
Bibliography 195
Index 221