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10%OFFTristan Anne Borer (Ed.) - Telling the Truths: Truth Telling and Peace Building in Post-Conflict Societies (The RIREC Project on Post-Accord Peace Building) (RIREC Project Post-Accord Peace Bldg) - 9780268021979 - V9780268021979
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Telling the Truths: Truth Telling and Peace Building in Post-Conflict Societies (The RIREC Project on Post-Accord Peace Building) (RIREC Project Post-Accord Peace Bldg)

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Description for Telling the Truths: Truth Telling and Peace Building in Post-Conflict Societies (The RIREC Project on Post-Accord Peace Building) (RIREC Project Post-Accord Peace Bldg) Paperback. Examining the contributions of truth-telling mechanisms, such as truth commissions, to long-term sustainable peace, this book argues that to ensure a future that does not reiterate the past, the atrocities of war and conflict must be brought to light and addressed. It highlights the intersection of peace building and transitional justice. Editor(s): Borer, Tristan Anne. Series: RIREC Project in Post-accord Peacebuilding S. Num Pages: 252 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.

Confronting the past has become an established norm for countries undergoing transitions from violence to peace, from authoritarianism to democracy, or both. This book draws from two bodies of literature—peace building and transitional justice—to examine whether truth-telling mechanisms can contribute to sustainable peace and, if so, how and under what conditions. The authors approach these questions by examining whether truth telling contributes to the following elements, all of which are deemed to be constitutive of sustainable peace: reconciliation, human rights, gender equity, restorative justice, the rule of law, the mitigation of violence, and the healing of trauma.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Series
RIREC Project in Post-accord Peacebuilding S.
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268021979
SKU
V9780268021979
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Tristan Anne Borer (Ed.)
Tristan Anne Borer is professor and chair of the Government and International Relations Department at Connecticut College.

Reviews for Telling the Truths: Truth Telling and Peace Building in Post-Conflict Societies (The RIREC Project on Post-Accord Peace Building) (RIREC Project Post-Accord Peace Bldg)
“The volume's objective, as editor Tristan Anne Borer states in her introduction, is to examine 'whether truth-telling mechanisms can contribute to sustainable peace, and, if so, how and under what conditions.' It is a welcome aim. Neither the post-conflict peace-building literature nor the transitional justice literature has rigorously and systematically examined that relationship. . . . Borer's introduction stands out ... Read more

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