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The discourse strand on ‘reparations’, an intense discursive struggle over the formal recognition of the status of victim of the former regime, already emerged in the immediate aftermath of the revolution. Political contestation over the notion of ‘victimhood’ crystallises in the public debate on the entitlements that may or may not derive from occupying the status of victim, as the following in-depth text analysis of this evolving policy discourse strand as part of the formation of the broader ‘transitional justice’ discourse in Tunisia shows.
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Preysing, D. (2016). Reparations: The discursive struggle for recognition. In: Transitional Justice in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia (2011–2013). Politik und Gesellschaft des Nahen Ostens. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-12012-2_8
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