Remaking Transitional Justice in the United States
Beitler, James Edward, III
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Description for Remaking Transitional Justice in the United States
Hardback. This book explores rhetorical attempts to authorize the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a grassroots initiative to investigate a traumatic event in the city's past. It describes mechanisms of transitional justice that are frequently overlooked. Series: Springer Series in Transitional Justice. Num Pages: 158 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMK; JMS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 432.
Remaking Transitional Justice in the United States: The Rhetoric of the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission explores rhetorical attempts to authorize the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission—a grassroots, U.S.-based truth commission created in 2004 toredress past injustices in the city. Through detailed rhetorical analyses, the book demonstratesthat the development of the field of transitional justice has given rise to a transnational rhetorical tradition that provides those working in the field with series of “enabling constraints.” The book then shows how Greensboro stakeholders attempted to reaccentuate this rhetorical tradition in their rhetorical performances to construct authority and bring about justice, even as the ... Read more
Remaking Transitional Justice in the United States: The Rhetoric of the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission explores rhetorical attempts to authorize the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission—a grassroots, U.S.-based truth commission created in 2004 toredress past injustices in the city. Through detailed rhetorical analyses, the book demonstratesthat the development of the field of transitional justice has given rise to a transnational rhetorical tradition that provides those working in the field with series of “enabling constraints.” The book then shows how Greensboro stakeholders attempted to reaccentuate this rhetorical tradition in their rhetorical performances to construct authority and bring about justice, even as the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
Series
Springer Series in Transitional Justice
Number of Pages
158
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461452942
SKU
V9781461452942
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About Beitler, James Edward, III
James E. Beitler is an Assistant Professor of Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island. His dissertation—which was completed at the University of Michigan in 2009—explores the rhetorical activity of the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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