The politics of truth and reconciliation in South Africa : legitimizing the post-apartheid state / R...
The politics of truth and reconciliation in South Africa : legitimizing the post-apartheid state / R...
The politics of truth and reconciliation in South Africa : legitimizing the post-apartheid state / Richard A. Wilson.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
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N305.8/ 137
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English
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xxi, 271 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Map 1. Pre-1994 South Africa: The homelands -- Map 2. Post-1994 South Africa: Provinces of the Republic -- Map 3. Johannesburg and the Vaal Region -- 1. Human Rights and Nation-Building -- Pt. I. Human Rights and Truth -- 2. Technologies of Truth: The TRC's Truth-Making Machine -- 3. The Politics of...
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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England
Date Published
2001.
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"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,...
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The politics of truth and reconciliation in South Africa : legitimizing the post-apartheid state / Richard A. Wilson.
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Cambridge studies in law and society.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-262) and index.
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N305.8/ 137
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74VvyX5b3gBO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvyX5b3gBO
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ISBN
0521802199 (hardback)
9780521802192
0521802199
9780521001946 (pbk.)
0521001943 (pbk.)
9780521802192 (hardback)
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305.800968
968.065
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991016138609702626
