Waging war, making peace : reparations and human rights /

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Humans are good at making war-and much less successful at making peace. Genocide, torture, slavery, and other crimes against humanity are gross violations of human rights that are frequently perpetrated and legitimized in the name of nationalism, militarism, and economic development. This book tackl...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: American Anthropological Association. Reparations Task Force
Other Authors: Johnston, Barbara Rose, Slyomovics, Susan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Reparations for historical injustices.
Restorative justice.
Human rights > Moral and ethical aspects.
Réparations des crimes de l'histoire.
Justice réparatrice.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Aspect moral.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.
Human rights > Moral and ethical aspects
Reparations for historical injustices
Restorative justice
Unrecht
Wiedergutmachung
Opferentschädigung
Menschenrecht
Politische Verfolgung
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Waging war, making peace: the anthropology of reparations / Barbara Rose Johnston
  • The ethical dimensions of peace / Gretchen E. Schafft
  • When governments fail: reparation, solidarity, and community in Nicaragua / James Phillips
  • From theory to practice: implementing reparations in post-truth commission Peru / Lisa J. Laplante
  • Reparations in Morocco: the symbolic dirham / Susan Slyomovics
  • "Victims of crime" and "victims of justice": the symbolic and financial aspects in U.S. compensation programs / Maria-Pia Di Bella
  • "We all must have the same treatment": calculating the damages of human rights abuses for the people of Diego Garcia / David Vine, Philip Harvey, and S. Wojciech Sokolowski
  • Milpa matters: the Maya community of Toledo versus the government of Belize / Liza Grandia
  • Reparations and the illusive meaning of justice in Guatemala / Kathleen Dill
  • Of lemons and laws: property and the (trans)national order in Cyprus / Rebecca Bryant
  • Israel and the Palestinian refugees: postpragmatic reflections on historical narratives, closure, transitional justice and Palestinian refugees' right to refuse / Dan Rabinowitz
  • Reparations and human rights: why the anthropological approach matters / Alison Dundes Renteln.

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