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The healing of nations : the promise and limits of political forgiveness

Title
The healing of nations : the promise and limits of political forgiveness / Mark R. Amstutz.
Author
Amstutz, Mark R.
Publication
Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2005.

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Description
x, 283 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Reconciliation > Political aspects
  • Truth commissions
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-265) and index.
Contents
Confronting human rights abuses : approaches to transitional justice -- The nature and purpose of forgiveness -- The possibility and promise of political forgiveness -- Justice, reconciliation, and political forgiveness -- Retributive justice and the limits of forgiveness in Argentina -- The quest for reconciliation through truth telling in Chile -- Intractable politics without truth or forgiveness : the case of Northern Ireland -- The promise of reconciliation through truth and some forgiveness in South Africa -- Conclusion: Toward a theory of political forgiveness.
Call Number
JFE 04-14025
ISBN
  • 0742535800 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0742535819 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2004001064
OCLC
54103783
Author
Amstutz, Mark R.
Title
The healing of nations : the promise and limits of political forgiveness / Mark R. Amstutz.
Imprint
Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2005.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-265) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 04-14025
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