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...
Основен автор: | Wilson, Richard, 1964- |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2001.
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Серия: |
Cambridge studies in law and society.
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Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=312733 |
Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Politics of truth and reconciliation in South Africa. |
Резюме: |
"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. |
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Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxi, 271 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-262) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780511674860 0511674864 9780511671616 051167161X 0511670338 9780511670336 9780511522291 0511522290 |