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Author Amstutz, Mark R.

Title The healing of nations : the promise and limits of political forgiveness / Mark R. Amstutz.

Publication Info. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2005]
©2005

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  323.49 A528H    Check Shelf
Description x, 283 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-265) and index.
Contents Confronting human rights abuses : approaches to transitional justice -- The nature and purpose of forgiveness -- The possibility and promise of political forgiveness -- Justice, reconciliation, and political forgiveness -- Retributive justice and the limits of forgiveness in Argentina -- The quest for reconciliation through truth telling in Chile -- Intractable politics without truth or forgiveness : the case of Northern Ireland -- The promise of reconciliation through truth and some forgiveness in South Africa -- Conclusion: Toward a theory of political forgiveness.
Subject Reconciliation -- Political aspects.
Truth commissions.
ISBN 0742535800 cloth alkaline paper
9780742535800 cloth alkaline paper
0742535819 paperback alkaline paper
9780742535817 paperback alkaline paper
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