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Overcoming apartheid : can truth reconcile a divided nation? /

Reports on the largest and most comprehensive study of post-apartheid attitudes in South Africa to date, involving a representative sample of all major racial, ethnic, and linguistic groups. Grounding his analysis of "truth" in theories of collective memory, Gibson discovers that the proce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gibson, James L., 1951- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2004.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • About the Author; Preface and Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Does Truth Lead to Reconciliation?; Chapter 2. Apartheid's Legacy in Contemporary South Africa: Experiences, Attributes, and Attitudes of the Sample; Chapter 3. South African Collective Memories; Chapter 4. Interracial Reconciliation; Chapter 5. Truth, Reconciliation, and the Creation of a Human Rights Culture; Chapter 6. Tolerance: The Minimalist View of Reconciliation; Chapter 7. Judging the Fairness of Amnesty; Chapter 8. The Legitimacy of the Political Institutions of the New South Africa.
  • Chapter 9. Lessons for South Africa's Future and for the WorldAppendix A: The Design of the Survey; Appendix B: The Questionnaire; Notes; References; Index.