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Waging war, making peace : reparations and human rights /

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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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Collectivité auteur: American Anthropological Association. Reparations Task Force
Autres auteurs: Johnston, Barbara Rose, Slyomovics, Susan
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2009.
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Table des matières:
  • 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.