In the last years of the twentieth century, political leaders the world over began to apologize for wrongs in their nations pasts. Many dismissed these apologies as mere words, cynical attempts to avoid more costly forms of reparation; others rejected them as inappropriate encroachments into politics or forms of action that belonged in personal relationships or religion. Yet, political apologies have gripped nations and provoked tremendous resistance. To understand apology s extraordinary political emergence, we have to suspend our automatic interpretations of what it means for nations to...
In the last years of the twentieth century, political leaders the world over began to apologize for wrongs in their nations pasts. Many dismissed thes...
Moving past theoretical critiques of human rights, this book considers how we might translate situational analyses of torture into effective strategies for preventing it.
Moving past theoretical critiques of human rights, this book considers how we might translate situational analyses of torture into effective strategie...
