Transitional justice in established democracies : a political theory

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Transitional justice in established democracies : a political theory

Title remainder

a political theory

Statement of responsibility

Stephen Winter

Creator

• Winter, Stephen, 1975-

Subject

• Restorative justice
• Transitional justice

Language

eng

Summary

Truth commissions, official apologies and reparations are just some of the transitional justice mechanisms embraced by established democracies. This groundbreaking work of political theory explains how these forms of state redress repair the damage state wrongdoing inflicts upon political legitimacy. Richly illustrated with real-life examples, the book's 'legitimating theory' explains the connections, and the conflicts, between the transitional practice of administrative, corrective and restorative justice. The book shows how political responses to state wrongdoing are part of a larger transitional history of the post-War 'rights revolution' in the settler democracies of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. The result is an incisive theoretical exploration that not only explains the rectificatory work of established democracies but also provides new ways to think about the broader field of transitional justice.--

Member of

• International political theory

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YDXCP

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

International political theory