{"product_id":"accountability-shock","title":"Accountability Shock","description":"\u003cp\u003eAccountability Shock presents the first systematic explanation of why some 'Third Wave' democracies developed peacefully while others became the world's most violent. The book demonstrates how robust transitional justice processes – combining truth commissions with prosecution of autocratic-era atrocities – prevent criminal violence in new democracies. By holding authoritarian specialists in violence accountable, new democracies can break state impunity, preventing them from becoming key actors in the production of large-scale criminal violence and reshaping the logic of state coercion in democracy. With in-depth analyses of six Latin American cases, the work illuminates why transitional justice is crucial for addressing state-criminal collusion in hybrid contexts. Forged out of a close collaboration between transitional justice scholars and practitioners, Accountability Shock strengthens existing connections while offering practical insights for countries still grappling with authoritarian legacies and violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDevelops a theory of violence prevention in new democracies through transitional justice mechanisms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers robust statistical evidence and rich case studies from Brazil, El Salvador, Mexico, Argentina, Peru and Guatemala\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShifts focus from socioeconomic explanations of violence to state-level factors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56414330552706,"sku":"9781009667739","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781009667739i.jpg?v=1772106091","url":"https:\/\/www.cambridgebookshop.co.uk\/products\/accountability-shock","provider":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}