New podcast: Struggle for Redress. Victim Capital in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The guest is Dr. Jessie Barton Hronesova, an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Oxford Department of International Development.

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Published: 20.11.20 14:24 Updated: 10.02.21 14:38
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“The Struggle for Redress. Victim Capital in Bosnia and Herzegovina” a book by Jessie Barton Hronesova explores the varieties of recognition, redress, justice, and victimhood in Bosnia and Herzegovina through a within-country comparative analysis. She asks under which conditions domestic authorities are willing to recognize a particular group of victims, and who is “worthy of redress”.  Meticulously researched, insightful at both empirical and analytical level, and skilfully written, the book centers the concept of victim capital through which Jessie analyses the dynamics of redress and asks what is it within the power of the victims and where/when do the limits of structural factors kick in.

In today’s episode, you’ll be hearing about:

  • the victim capital and its three key elements: international salience, moral authority, and mobilization resources;
  • terminology and agency: victims, survivors, and victims-survivors;
  • responsibilities and dilemmas that come with fieldwork in overresearched contexts;
  • academic research, international salience, and policy implications of the book;
  • and last, but definitely not least, you’ll hear what Jessie’s been reading these days.

Trunova, Ekaterina etr005@post.uit.no Førstekonsulent
Published: 20.11.20 14:24 Updated: 10.02.21 14:38
Law & order