This chapter examines socioeconomic violence and injustice in war, providing compelling evidence of its relevance for post-conflict societies, from the perspective of people in Prijedor and Zenica who lived through the Bosnian War. The chapter provides a short background on the two cities, before analysing how people in Prijedor and Zenica experienced socioeconomic violence against the background of the war, which in Prijedor entailed an organised campaign of ethnic cleansing. It highlights the pervasiveness of dismissals, social exclusion and deprivation and the powerful impact it has on people's lives.

This chapter examines socioeconomic violence and injustice in war, providing compelling evidence of its relevance for post-conflict societies, from the perspective of people in Prijedor and Zenica who lived through the Bosnian War. The chapter provides a short background on the two cities, before analysing how people in Prijedor and Zenica experienced socioeconomic violence against the background of the war, which in Prijedor entailed an organised campaign of ethnic cleansing. It highlights the pervasiveness of dismissals, social exclusion and deprivation and the powerful impact it has on people's lives.

This chapter theorises socioeconomic justice in the context of post-war and transitional societies. It draws on the work of Nancy Fraser and socio-legal scholars studying justice and human rights as a social practice in order to: first, define socioeoconomic justice as the redress to a form of violence that is rooted in the political economy of conflict, and whose remedy requires redistribution; second, to conceptualise justice as a practice where struggles over both the meaning of justice and the forms of participation to the justice process inevitably occur. Socioeconomic justice is also seen as having a particular temporal dimension, which is discussed with reference to Bosnia's post-war and post-socialist condition. Lastly, the chapter defines the international intervention as discussed in this book, focusing on justice issues and economic reforms.

This chapter theorises socioeconomic justice in the context of post-war and transitional societies. It draws on the work of Nancy Fraser and socio-legal scholars studying justice and human rights as a social practice in order to: first, define socioeoconomic justice as the redress to a form of violence that is rooted in the political economy of conflict, and whose remedy requires redistribution; second, to conceptualise justice as a practice where struggles over both the meaning of justice and the forms of participation to the justice process inevitably occur. Socioeconomic justice is also seen as having a particular temporal dimension, which is discussed with reference to Bosnia's post-war and post-socialist condition. Lastly, the chapter defines the international intervention as discussed in this book, focusing on justice issues and economic reforms.