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.

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