Truth recovery in Northern Ireland : Critically interpreting the past.

Truth recovery in Northern Ireland : Critically interpreting the past.

Northern Ireland has entered what is arguably the key phase in its troubled political history? truth recovery and dealing with the legacy of the past? yet the void in knowledge and the lack of academic literature with regard to victims? rights is particularly striking. This book analyses truth recov...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simpson, Kirk
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Since 1968
Peace-building > Northern Ireland.
Truth commissions > Northern Ireland.
Political violence > Northern Ireland.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Peace-building
Politics and government
Political violence
Truth commissions
Friedensarbeit
Wahrheitskommission
Nordirlandkonflikt > Bürgerkrieg.
Northern Ireland > Politics and government > 1968-1998.
Northern Ireland > Politics and government > 1998-
Northern Ireland
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Table of Contents:
  • 9780719078620; 9780719078620; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of boxes; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The conflict in Northern Ireland A contextual and thematic analysis; 2 Truth commissions and dealing with the past; 3 Voices silenced, voices rediscovered Victims of violence and the reclamation of language in transitional societies; 4 Victims of political violence A Habermasian model of truth recovery; 5 Memorialisation in post-conflict societies Critically interpreting the past; 6 Conclusion; References; Index.

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