{"product_id":"the-politics-of-acknowledgement-9780774818469","title":"The Politics of Acknowledgement","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuman rights violations leave deep scars on people, societies, and nations. Since the early 1990s, international rights groups have argued that resolving the violence of the past through instruments of transitional justice such as truth commissions is a necessary condition for a peaceful future. But how can nations ensure that these tribunals are the best path to reconciliation?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Acknowledgement\u003c\/em\u003e develops a theoretical framework of acknowledgement with which to evaluate truth commissions. Rather than applying this framework to successful tribunals, Joanna Quinn uses it to analyze the difficulties encountered and the ultimate failure of two poorly understood truth commissions in Uganda and Haiti. The failure of these commissions reveals that if reconciliation is to be achieved, acknowledgement of past violence and harm  by both victims and perpetrators  must come before goals such as forgiveness, social trust, civic engagement, and social cohesion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Theoretical Model\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 The Politics of Acknowledgement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Truth Commissions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 The Truth Commissions of Uganda and Haiti\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Analysis: Parallels between the Ugandan and Haitian Cases\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Political Will\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Institutional Constraints\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Whither Acknowledgement?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Social Underpinnings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Acknowledgement: A New Lens for Evaluation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendices\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404921545047,"sku":"9780774818469","price":73.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774818469.jpg?v=1730488062","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-politics-of-acknowledgement-9780774818469","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}