The politics of truth and reconciliation in South Africa :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
legitimizing the post-apartheid state /
First Statement of Responsibility
Richard A. Wilson.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2001.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xxi, 271 pages) :
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illustrations, maps
SERIES
Series Title
Cambridge studies in law and society
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-262) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"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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Title
Politics of truth and reconciliation in South Africa.
International Standard Book Number
9780521802192
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
South Africa.
Afrique du Sud.
South Africa.
Südafrika
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Apartheid-- South Africa.
Post-apartheid era-- South Africa.
Reconciliation-- Political aspects-- South Africa.
Retribution.
Apartheid-- Afrique du Sud.
Réconciliation-- Aspect politique-- Afrique du Sud.
Rétribution (Théologie)
Apartheid.
Mensenrechten.
Politics and government
Post-apartheid era.
Race relations.
Reconciliation-- Political aspects.
Retribution.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Minority Studies.
Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Verzoening.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
South Africa, Politics and government, 1994-
South Africa, Race relations.
Afrique du Sud, Politique et gouvernement, 1994-1999.