ABSTRACT
This chapter identifies a gap in scholarship on transitional justice: that despite an increasing interest in marginalised voices, power relations and legitimacy, there is limited work on resistance. The work that does exist is dominated by a concern with spoilers who attempt self-preservation. In order to address this gap, the editors suggest an approach which brings resistance studies and transitional justice literature together, and places an emphasis on subjective understandings of resistance. It is argued that this illuminates the power relations between different actors, the dynamics through which the legitimacy of different perspectives on justice comes to be shaped, and the relevance of historical contexts in which transitional justice processes are embedded. This chapter further explains the choices of methodology and cases and outlines the structure of the volume.
