Truth Commissions : : Memory, Power, and Legitimacy / / Onur Bakiner.
Since the 1980s a number of countries have established truth commissions to come to terms with the legacy of past human rights violations, yet little is known about the achievements and shortcomings of this popular transitional justice tool. Drawing on research on Chile's National Truth and Rec...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2015] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 p.) :; 1 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I. Truth, Power, and Legitimation in Truth Commission Processes
- Introduction to Part I
- Chapter 1. Definition and Conceptual History of Truth Commissions: What Are They? What Have They Become?
- Chapter 2. Speaking Truth to Power? The Politics of Truth Commissions
- Chapter 3. One Truth Among Others? Truth Commissions' Struggle for Truth and Memory
- Part II. Zooming In: Political and Social Change Through Truth Commissions
- Introduction to Part II
- Chapter 4. Truth Commission Impact: An Assessment of How Commissions Influence Politics and Society
- Chapter 5. Explaining Variation in Truth Commission Impact (I): Chile and Peru
- Chapter 6. Explaining Variation in Truth Commission Impact (II): Evidence from Thirteen Countries
- Chapter 7. Comparing Truth Commissions' Memory Narratives: Chile and Peru
- Part III. Zooming Out: Coming to Terms with the Past Through Truth Commissions
- Introduction to Part III
- Chapter 8. Nation and (Its New) Narration: A Critical Reading of Truth Commissions
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments