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The Politics of Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: Legitimizing the Post-Apartheid State

By Richard A. Wilson

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2001
ISBN
9780521802192, 9780521001946, 9780511522291, 0521802199, 0521001943, 0511522290
LCC
DT1974.2 .W55 2001
Open Library ID
OL3941111M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
9 MB (9895308 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Edition
1
Pages
296\147
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was set up to deal with the human rights violations of apartheid. However, the TRC's restorative justice approach 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 Johannesburg. It 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.

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