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Author Hamber, Brandon.

Title Transforming societies after political violence : truth, reconciliation, and mental health / Brandon Hamber.

Publication Info. Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 249 pages) : illustrations.
Series Peace psychology book series
Peace psychology book series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-232) and index.
Contents Looking back, moving forward -- Miracles, trauma and the Truth Commission -- A tidal wave of emotion -- A place for healing -- Ambivalence and closure -- Reparations and paying for the past -- Doing justice -- Assessing truth and reconciliation -- Truth telling and violence prevention -- Transforming transitional societies.
Note Print version record.
Summary Explores the relationship between the individual and the political and social contexts in which victims or survivors of violence find themselves. This book delves into the complex interplay between individual psychological processes and macro-political interventions such as truth commissions.
Note GMD: electronic resource.
Subject Peace-building.
Political violence.
Social change.
Crime Victims -- psychology.
Social Change.
Truth Disclosure.
Violence -- psychology.
Warfare.
Political science.
Social sciences.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Peace.
Social change.
Peace-building.
Political violence.
Peace-building. (OCoLC)fst01055902
Political violence. (OCoLC)fst01069902
Social change. (OCoLC)fst01122310
Politiek geweld. (NL-LeOCL)078631114
Trauma's (psychologie) (NL-LeOCL)078545269
Maatschappijverbetering.
Politiek van verzoening.
Other Form: Print version: Hamber, Brandon. Transforming societies after political violence. Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2009 9780387894263 0387894268 (DLC) 2009922206 (OCoLC)299243096
ISBN 9780387894270
0387894276
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