Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; About the Author and the Book Cover; Introduction; 1 Theoretical Framework: Critical Junctures, Transitional Justice, and Memory Narratives; 2 The Downward Spiral toward Dictatorship; 3 Transitional Justice in Argentina (1983-2012): A Global Protagonist with Its Ups and Downs; 4 Reconciliation versus Justice: Entwining Memory and Transitional Justice in Argentina; 5 Transitional Justice in Uruguay (1985-2012): Latecomer or Unique?
6 Pacification or Impunity? The Ley de Caducidad and the Interweaving of Memory and Transitional Justice in UruguayConclusion; Appendix 1 Details of Interviewees; Appendix 2 Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This interdisciplinary study explores the interaction between memory and transitional justice in post-dictatorship Argentina and Uruguay and develops a theoretical framework for bringing these two fields of study together through the concept of critical junctures
