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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Human rights and nation-building
  • 2. Technologies of truth : the TRC's truth-making machine
  • 3. The politics of truth and human rights
  • 4. Reconciliation through truth?
  • 5. Reconciliation in society : religious values and procedural pragmatism
  • 6. Vengeance, revenge and retribution
  • 7. Reconciliation with a vengeance
  • 8. Conclusions : human rights, reconciliation and retribution.

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