From apartheid to democracy : deliberating truth and reconciliation in South Africa /
Katherine Elizabeth Mack.
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Rhetoric and democratic deliberation ; volume 11 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : the rhetoricity of truth commissions -- Localizing transitional justice -- Ambivalent speech, resonant silences -- Contesting accountability -- Imagining reconciliation -- Conclusion.
"Analyzes the deliberations and impact of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Argues that while it failed to realize its idealistic goals, its very failure generated valuable contestation within and beyond the TRC process"--Provided by publisher.
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