The politics of official apologies /

"Intense interest in past injustice lies at the center of contemporary world politics. Most scholarly and public attention has focused on truth commissions, trials, lustration, and other related decisions, following political transitions. This book examines the political uses of official apolog...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nobles, Melissa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Civil rights > North America > History.
Civil rights > Australia > History.
Civil rights > New Zealand > History.
Reconciliation > Political aspects > North America.
Reconciliation > Political aspects > Australia.
Reconciliation > Political aspects > New Zealand.
Apologizing.
Réconciliation > Aspect politique > Amérique du Nord.
Réconciliation > Aspect politique > Australie.
Réconciliation > Aspect politique > Nouvelle-Zélande.
Excuses (Regret)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Civil rights.
Reconciliation > Political aspects.
Australia.
New Zealand.
North America.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Toward a membership theory of apologies
  • History of national memberships in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States
  • To apologize or not to apologize : national histories and official apologies
  • Beyond sentiment? : apologies and their effects
  • The weight of history and the value of apologies
  • Appendix: Twentieth- and twenty-first-century public apologies.

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