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BL
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985002
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b739372
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Wilson, Richard,1964-
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| Title & Author
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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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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2001.
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| Series Statement
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Cambridge studies in law and society
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1 online resource (xxi, 271 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0511522290
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: 0511670338
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: 051167161X
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: 0511672888
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: 0511673671
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: 0511674864
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: 1107122988
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: 1282486519
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: 6612486511
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: 9780511522291
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: 9780511670336
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: 9780511671616
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: 9780511672880
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: 9780511673672
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: 9780511674860
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: 9781107122987
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: 9781282486515
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: 9786612486517
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0521001943
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0521802199
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9780521001946
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9780521802192
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-262) and index.
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| Abstract
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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, 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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South Africa.
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Afrique du Sud.
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South Africa.
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Südafrika
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Apartheid-- South Africa.
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Post-apartheid era-- South Africa.
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Reconciliation-- Political aspects-- South Africa.
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Retribution.
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Apartheid-- Afrique du Sud.
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Réconciliation-- Aspect politique-- Afrique du Sud.
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Rétribution (Théologie)
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Apartheid.
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Politics and government
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Post-apartheid era.
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Race relations.
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Reconciliation-- Political aspects.
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Retribution.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Discrimination Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Minority Studies.
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Mensenrechten.
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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Verzoening.
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South Africa, Politics and government, 1994-
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South Africa, Race relations.
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Afrique du Sud, Politique et gouvernement, 1994-1999.
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Afrique du Sud, Relations raciales.
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South Africa.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.8/00968
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| LC Classification
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DT1974.2.W55 2001eb
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