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From Apartheid to Democracy:

Deliberating Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa
  • ISBN-13: 9780271064970
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Katherine Elizabeth Mack
  • Price: AUD $141.00
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  • Local release date: 14/01/2015
  • Format: Hardback 176 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: linguistics [CF]
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Analyzes the deliberations and impact of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Argues that while it failed to realize its idealistic goals, its very failure generated valuable contestation within and beyond the TRC process.


Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Rhetoricity of Truth Commissions

Chapter 1: Localizing Transitional Justice in South Africa

Chapter 2: Ambivalent Speech, Resonant Silences

Chapter 3: Contesting Accountability

Chapter 4: Imagining Reconciliation

Conclusion

Bibliography


“An important and original contribution in the field of transitional justice. It is accessible to a broad range of readers but will be of particular interest to practitioners and scholars interested in understanding how truth and reconciliation processes impact democratic transitions.”

—Richard Lappin, Democratization

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