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The Provocations of Amnesty: Memory, Justice, and Impunity - Softcover

 
9781592210909: The Provocations of Amnesty: Memory, Justice, and Impunity
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1592210902 ISBN 13: 9781592210909
Publisher: Africa World Pr, 2004

Synopsis

Edited by Charles Villa-Vicencio and Erik Doxtader

A key event in South Africa’s recent past was the granting of amnesty through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. This thought-provoking collection of essays explores issues such as:

· Was amnesty in South Africa a political compromise?
· What are the advantages of truth commissions versus legal trials?
· Who decided who was granted amnesty and on what grounds?
· How do the victims feel about the truth commission process?
· Did the amnesty process make a meaningful contribution to reconciliation?

Contributors to the volume include Antjie Krog, Alex Boraine, George Bizos and Albie Sachs, Dumisa Ntsebeza, Van Zyl Slabbert, and Pumia Gobodo-Madikizela.

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About the Author

Charles Villa-Vicencio is the director of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation. He was formerly the National Research Director of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Erik Doxtader is an assistant professor of rhetoric at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation.

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Publisher
Africa World Pr
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1592210902
ISBN 13 
9781592210909
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
331
Editor
Villa-Vicencio Charles, Doxtader Erik