ABSTRACT
Chapter 2, Researching transitional justice, outlines the methodological and conceptual approaches for this study. I develop an action spectrum using contentious politics literature and resistance literature to outline the actors engaged with TJ in Nepal and the various ways they engage with it. I argue that contentious politics offers a useful way of understanding claim making and repertoires within TJ, particularly at the national level, while resistance literature offers insight in to the everyday, which might fall beyond the purview of politics that is focused on the national level. This spectrum is utilised throughout the remainder of the book, particularly in Chapters 6 and 7.
