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The Politics of Victimhood in Post-conflict SocietiesThe Struggle for Recognition of the Stolen Children and the Politics of Victimhood in Spain

The Politics of Victimhood in Post-conflict Societies: The Struggle for Recognition of the Stolen... [The chapter analyses the struggle of Spain’s stolen children and their relatives to obtain truth and justice. It concentrates on one central issue, namely the question of how they define themselves as victims. After explaining the difference between the lost and the stolen children, the chapter accounts for the legal, institutional and socio-cultural obstacles that victims and their relatives face in their pursuit of truth and justice. The third section argues that the understanding of the relationship between Spain’s lost and stolen children matters and that what is at stake is whether the stolen children and their relatives see themselves as victims of Franco’s dictatorship and, by implication, the definition of their legal and political struggle in the present. The conclusion critically reflects on the extent to which the struggle of Spain’s stolen children illustrates the idea of a competition between victims in their struggle for recognition and justice.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Politics of Victimhood in Post-conflict SocietiesThe Struggle for Recognition of the Stolen Children and the Politics of Victimhood in Spain

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Editors: Druliolle, Vincent; Brett, Roddy
Druliolle, Vincent
The Politics of Victimhood in Post-conflict Societies — Feb 21, 2018
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
ISBN
978-3-319-70201-8
Pages
77 –99
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-70202-5_4
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Abstract

[The chapter analyses the struggle of Spain’s stolen children and their relatives to obtain truth and justice. It concentrates on one central issue, namely the question of how they define themselves as victims. After explaining the difference between the lost and the stolen children, the chapter accounts for the legal, institutional and socio-cultural obstacles that victims and their relatives face in their pursuit of truth and justice. The third section argues that the understanding of the relationship between Spain’s lost and stolen children matters and that what is at stake is whether the stolen children and their relatives see themselves as victims of Franco’s dictatorship and, by implication, the definition of their legal and political struggle in the present. The conclusion critically reflects on the extent to which the struggle of Spain’s stolen children illustrates the idea of a competition between victims in their struggle for recognition and justice.]

Published: Feb 21, 2018

Keywords: Competitive victimhood; Franco’s dictatorship; Politics of victimhood; Spain; Stolen children; Struggle for truth and justice; Victims’ mobilisation

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