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  The Politics of Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: Legitimizing the Post-Apartheid State (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society (Paperback)) (Paperback) By (author) Richard Ashby Wilson, Series edited by Chris Arup, Series edited by Martin Chanock, Series edited by Pat O'Malley, Series edited by Sally Engle Merry, Series edited by Susan Silbey

  

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  Short Description for The Politics of Truth and Reconciliation in South AfricaThis book shows the impact of the TRC in urban African communities in Johannesburg.
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  • Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Published: 02 May 2001
  • Format: Paperback 296 pages
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  • Categories: Regional Studies | Social & Cultural Anthropology | Political Science & Theory | International Relations | Human Rights | International Humanitarian Law
  • ISBN 13: 9780521001946 ISBN 10: 0521001943
  • Sales rank: 517,649

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• The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was set up to deal with the human rights violations of apartheid during the years 1960-1994. However, as Wilson shows, the TRC's restorative justice approach to healing the nation 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. While a religious constituency largely embraced the commission's religious-redemptive language of reconciliation, Wilson 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. It ends on a call for more cautious and realistic expectations about what human rights institutions can achieve in democratizing countries.