Winter Transitional Justice in Established Democracies

A Political Theory
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-31619-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 310 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: International Political Theory

Truth commissions, apologies, and reparations are just some of the transitional justice mechanisms embraced by established democracies. This groundbreaking exploration of political theory explains how these forms of state redress repair the damage state wrongdoing inflicts upon political legitimacy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Winter, S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introducing State Redress 2. Towards a Political Theory 3. Transitions and Legitimate Regimes 4. The Old Order 5. The Problems of Authorised Wrongdoing 6. Transitional Justice 7. Administrative Justice and Canada's Hong Kong Veterans 8. Corrective Justice and Japanese Americans 9. Restorative Justice and Australian Careleavers 10. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Stephen Winter is Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.