Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm

Truth Commissions and Transitional Societies (eBook, PDF)

The Impact on Human Rights and Democracy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book uses a multi-method approach to examine the impact of truth commissions on subsequent human rights protection and democratic practice and features cross-national case studies on South Africa, El Salvador, Chile and Uganda.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135189723
• Artikelnr.: 43821730

Autorenporträt

Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm is a consultant on issues ranging from the politics of post-conflict justice and reconstruction to labour and employment law and welfare state politics. He has previously taught at the University of Nevada - Las Vegas and worked with the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission Diaspora Project.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Truth-Seeking as an Article of Faith 1. An Inconvenient Truth 2.
Theorizing Truth Commission Expectations Part 2: Experiments in Truth 3.
South Africa's Paradigmatic Truth and Reconciliation Commission 4. Chile's
Persistent Past 5. Truth and Peacebuilding in El Salvador 6. Historical
Oblivion in Uganda Part 3: Truth Commissions in Cross-National Context 7.
Truth Commissions, Human Rights, and Democracy Around the World Part 4: The
Promise and Pitfalls of Truth Commissions 8. The Consequences of Truth