ISBN:
1598747487
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9781598747485
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9781315415895
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (272 pages)
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illustrations, maps
Ausgabe:
[Place of publication not identified] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als American Anthropological Association. Reparations Task Force Waging war, making peace
DDC:
303.6/9
Schlagwort(e):
Restorative justice
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Human rights Moral and ethical aspects
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Reparations for historical injustices
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Reparations for historical injustices
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Restorative justice
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Unrecht
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Wiedergutmachung
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Opferentschädigung
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Menschenrecht
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Politische Verfolgung
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Violence in Society
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Electronic books
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Human rights ; Moral and ethical aspects
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Electronic book
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Konferenzschrift
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Aufsatzsammlung
Kurzfassung:
Humans are good at making war-and much less successful at making peace. Genocide, torture, slavery, and other crimes against humanity are gross violations of human rights that are frequently perpetrated and legitimized in the name of nationalism, militarism, and economic development. This book tackles the question of how to make peace by taking a critical look at the primary political mechanism used to ""repair"" the many injuries suffered in war. With an explicit focus on reparations and human rights, it examines the broad array of abuses being perpetrated in the modern era, from genocid
Kurzfassung:
Waging war, making peace: the anthropology of reparations /Barbara Rose Johnston --The ethical dimensions of peace /Gretchen E. Schafft --When governments fail: reparation, solidarity, and community in Nicaragua /James Phillips --From theory to practice: implementing reparations in post-truth commission Peru /Lisa J. Laplante --Reparations in Morocco: the symbolic dirham /Susan Slyomovics --"Victims of crime" and "victims of justice": the symbolic and financial aspects in U.S. compensation programs /Maria-Pia Di Bella --"We all must have the same treatment": calculating the damages of human rights abuses for the people of Diego Garcia /David Vine, Philip Harvey, and S. Wojciech Sokolowski --Milpa matters: the Maya community of Toledo versus the government of Belize /Liza Grandia --Reparations and the illusive meaning of justice in Guatemala /Kathleen Dill --Of lemons and laws: property and the (trans)national order in Cyprus /Rebecca Bryant --Israel and the Palestinian refugees: postpragmatic reflections on historical narratives, closure, transitional justice and Palestinian refugees' right to refuse /Dan Rabinowitz --Reparations and human rights: why the anthropological approach matters /Alison Dundes Renteln.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction
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