Reconciliation(s) : transitional justice in postconflict societie s /
Reconciliations
edited by Joanna R. Quinn.
- Montreal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009.
- viii, 313 p. ; 24 cm.
- Studies in nationalism and ethnic conflict ; 6 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Forgiveness as righteousness / Towards the healing of history: an explorat ion of the relation between pardon and peace / Dialectic of acknowledgment / Transitional ju stice in Morocco: lifting the veil on a hidden face / Traditional justice and legal pluralism in transitional context: The case of Rwanda's Gacaca Courts / Truth and the challenge of reconciliation in Guatemala / Contact and culture: mechanisms of reconciliation in schools of North Ireland and Israel / What reconciliation? Traditional mechanisms of acknowledgme nt in Uganda / Survey of reconciliation proces ses in Bosnia and Herzegovina : the gap between people and politics / Tensions between human rights and the politics o f reconciliation : a South African case study / Interethnic reconciliation in Lebanon: after the Civil War / Beyond coexistence: Towards a working definition of r econciliation / Joanna R. Quinn -- Laurence Thomas -- Nicholas Frayling -- Trudy Govier -- Veerle Opgenha ffen and Mark Freeman -- Rosemary Nagy -- Anita Isaacs -- Caitlin Donnelly and Joanne H ughes -- Joanne R. Quinn -- Valery Perry -- Stephanus Du Toit -- Sam ar El-Masri -- Brandon Hamber and GrĂ¢ainne Kelly.
'Reconciliation(s)' considers the definition of the concept of recon ciliation itself, focusing on the definitional dialogue that arises fro m the attempts to situate reconciliation within a theoretical and analy tical framework.
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Reconciliation-- Political aspects. Justice, Administration of. Restorative justice. Transitional justice. Human rights. Crimes against humanity. Peace-building.