Reconciliation and Colonial Power - Softcover

Short, Damien

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367603500 ISBN 13: 9780367603502

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

In 1991 Australia instigated a national reconciliation project between indigenous and non-indigenous people. Despite being the longest-running reconciliation process, there has been no authoritative study of Australian reconciliation to date. Reconciliation and Colonial Power is the first book to analyze Australian reconciliation as a process, filling a significant gap in theoretical and empirical understanding. Damien Short offers a sociological interpretation of this process which suggests that, rather than being a genuine attempt at atonement, Australian reconciliation is perhaps better understood as the latest stage in the colonial project. He considers the relevance of acknowledgement and apology, restitution and rights, nation building and state legitimacy to the reconciliation project. This work compliments the burgeoning literature on reconciliation theory and practice and provides fertile material for comparisons with reconciliation processes in other countries such as Chile and South Africa.

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About the Author

Damien Short, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights Convenor, MA Understanding and Securing Human Rights Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367603500
• ISBN 13: 9780367603502
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224