The politics of truth and reconciliation in South Africa : legitimizing the post-apartheid state /

"The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was set up to deal with the human rights violations of apartheid during the years 1960-1994. However, as Wilson shows, the TRC's restorative justice approach to healing the nation did not always serve the needs of communities at...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wilson, Richard, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Colección:Cambridge studies in law and society.
Temas:
South Africa. > Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Afrique du Sud. > Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Südafrika > Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Since 1994
Reconciliation > Political aspects > South Africa.
Apartheid > South Africa.
Post-apartheid era > South Africa.
Retribution.
Reward (Theology)
Punishment.
Réconciliation > Aspect politique > Afrique du Sud.
Apartheid > Afrique du Sud.
Rétribution (Théologie)
Ère post-apartheid > Afrique du Sud.
Punition.
punishing.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Apartheid.
Politics and government
Post-apartheid era.
Race relations.
Reconciliation > Political aspects.
Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Verzoening.
Mensenrechten.
South Africa > Politics and government > 1994-
South Africa > Race relations.
Afrique du Sud > Politique et gouvernement > 1994-1999.
Afrique du Sud > Relations raciales.
South Africa.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was set up to deal with the human rights violations of apartheid during the years 1960-1994. However, as Wilson shows, the TRC's restorative justice approach to healing the nation did not always serve the needs of communities at a local level. Based on extended anthropological fieldwork, this book illustrates the impact of the TRC in urban African communities in the Johannesburg area. While a religious constituency largely embraced the Commission's religious-redemptive language of reconciliation, Wilson argues that the TRC had little effect on popular ideas of justice as retribution. This provocative study deepens our understanding of post-apartheid South Africa and the use of human rights discourse. It ends on a call for more cautious and realistic expectations about what human rights institutions can achieve in democratizing countries."--Jacket.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxi, 271 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-262) and index.
ISBN:9780511674860
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