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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"It is impossible in this space to do justice to Wilson's subtle, complex and largely convincing book. Just about the best thing written on the TRC so far; it is deeply analytical yet broad in scope. Wilson offers us engaging chapters on the TRC's political life....This is a remarkable book." Journal of African History
"This provocative study deepens our understanding of post-aparthied South Africa and the use of human rights discourse." The African Sun Times
"Focusing on attitudes toward reconciliation, retribution, and vengeance, the author sees human rights in South Africa essentially as legal instruments that serve the purposes of compromise rather than the concept of justice....Wilson's analysis raises basic questions about the long-term efficacy of truth commissions and is useful for comparative purposes." Choice
"This provocative study deepens our understanding of post-aparthied South Africa and the use of human rights discourse." The African Sun Times
"Focusing on attitudes toward reconciliation, retribution, and vengeance, the author sees human rights in South Africa essentially as legal instruments that serve the purposes of compromise rather than the concept of justice....Wilson's analysis raises basic questions about the long-term efficacy of truth commissions and is useful for comparative purposes." Choice
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The TRC was set up to deal with the human rights violations of apartheid. However, its restorative justice approach did not always serve the needs of communities at a local level. Based on detailed fieldwork, this book illustrates the impact of the TRC in urban African communities in Johannesburg.
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The quest to build a "culture of human rights' in South Africa after the multi-racial elections of 1994 needs to be understood in the context of a sea-change in global politics, and the rise of human rights as the archetypal language of democratic transition. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
relational discontinuities, human rights talk, apartheid collaborators, human rights violations hearings, township courts, perpetrator findings, human rights offenders, human rights institutions, amnesty process, amnesty hearings, amnesty applications, sociological positivism, lay assessors, legal pluralism, truth commissions, gross human rights violations, justice institutions, democratizing countries, urban courts, new democratic order, rainbow nation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Third Force, Amnesty Committee, Constitutional Court, Desmond Tutu, Inkatha Freedom Party, Youth League, Cape Town, West Rand, Special Defense Units, State President, Latin America, State Security Council, Amy Biehl, Dennis Moerane, Father Noonan, Human Rights Committee, Research Unit, East Rand, Eastern Europe, Father Patrick, Joe Mamasela, Nelson Mandela, Zandisile Musi, Daniel Molete New!
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The quest to build a "culture of human rights' in South Africa after the multi-racial elections of 1994 needs to be understood in the context of a sea-change in global politics, and the rise of human rights as the archetypal language of democratic transition. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
relational discontinuities, human rights talk, apartheid collaborators, human rights violations hearings, township courts, perpetrator findings, human rights offenders, human rights institutions, amnesty process, amnesty hearings, amnesty applications, sociological positivism, lay assessors, legal pluralism, truth commissions, gross human rights violations, justice institutions, democratizing countries, urban courts, new democratic order, rainbow nation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Third Force, Amnesty Committee, Constitutional Court, Desmond Tutu, Inkatha Freedom Party, Youth League, Cape Town, West Rand, Special Defense Units, State President, Latin America, State Security Council, Amy Biehl, Dennis Moerane, Father Noonan, Human Rights Committee, Research Unit, East Rand, Eastern Europe, Father Patrick, Joe Mamasela, Nelson Mandela, Zandisile Musi, Daniel Molete New!
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- Beyond Good & Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future by Friedrich Nietzsche in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Who Believes in Human Rights?: Reflections on the European Convention (Law in Context) by Marie-Bénédicte Dembour on page 257, page 269, and Back Matter
- Justice Gained?: Crime and Crime Control in South Africa's Transition by Bill Dixon on page 25, page 1, and page 28
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