The Politics of Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa - Legitimizing the Post-Apartheid State

This book shows the impact of the TRC in urban African communities in Johannesburg.

List of contents

List of acronyms and glossary; Maps; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Human rights and nation-building; Part I. Human Rights and Truth: 2. Technologies of truth: the TRC's truth-making machine; 3. The politics of truth and human rights; Part II. Reconciliation; Retribution and Revenge: 4. Reconciliation through truth?; 5. Reconciliation in society: religious values and procedural pragmatism; 6. Vengeance, revenge and retribution; 7. Reconciliation with a vengeance; 8. Conclusions: human rights, reconciliation and retribution; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Rich Wilson is leader of the Fusion Movement and has pioneered pathways and resources for churches to work with students and student workers to be trained. He is part of the senior leadership team of Open Heaven Church in Loughborough, England. Home is shared with his wife Ness, their two daughters and often one or two others.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Rich Wilson, Richard Wilson, Richard A Wilson, Richard A. Wilson
• Assisted by: Chris Arup (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2006
• EAN: 9780521001946
• ISBN: 978-0-521-00194-6
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 484 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and S
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law