Shattered Voices Language, Violence, and the Work of Truth Commissions

Name: Shattered Voices Language, Violence, and the Work of Truth Commissions
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ISBN: 9780812219494

ISBN-10: 081221949X

ISBN-13: 9780812219494

Edition: 2004

Authors: Teresa Godwin Phelps

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Following periods of mass atrocity and oppression, states are faced with a question of critical importance in the transition to democracy: how to offer redress to victims of the old regime without perpetuating cycles of revenge. Traditionally, balance has been restored through arrests, trials, and punishment, but in the last three decades, more than twenty countries have opted to have a truth commission investigate the crimes of the prior regime and publish a report about the investigation, often incorporating accounts from victims. Although many praise the work of truth commissions for empowering and healing through words rather than violence, some condemn the practice as a poor substitute…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 2/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English