Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-201) and index.
Title Page; Table of Contents; 1 -- Political Victim Discourse; 2 -- Peacebuilding and Victim Discourse; 3 -- Fleshing Out the Ideal Victim; 4 -- The Ideal Victim in the Political; 5 -- Theorizing a Complex Political Victim; 6 -- The Delicate Task of Considering Complex Political Victims; 7 -- Political Practices of the Complex Political Victim; 8 -- The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Epilogue; Bibliography.