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From apartheid to democracy : deliberating truth and reconciliation in South Africa
Title
From apartheid to democracy : deliberating truth and reconciliation in South Africa / Katherine Elizabeth Mack.
ISBN
9780271064970 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271064978 (cloth : alk. paper)
Publication
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2014]
Physical Description
xiv, 156 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
"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"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 12, 2015
Series
Rhetoric and democratic deliberation ; volume 11.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-142) and index.
Contents
Introduction : the rhetoricity of truth commissions
Localizing transitional justice
Ambivalent speech, resonant silences
Contesting accountability
Imagining reconciliation
Conclusion.
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