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A moral theory of political reconciliation / Colleen Murphy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: viii, 214 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521193924 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 172 22
LOC classification:
  • JC580 .M87 2010
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Part I. Conceptual Frameworks: 2. The rule of law; 3. Political trust; 4. Capabilities; Part II. Promoting Political Reconciliation: 5. Evaluating processes of political reconciliation; 6. Truth commissions; 7. International criminal trials; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography.
Summary: "Following extended periods of conflict or repression, political reconciliation is indispensable to the establishment or restoration of democratic relationships and critical to the pursuit of peacemaking globally. In this important new book, Colleen Murphy offers an innovative analysis of the moral problems plaguing political relationships under the strain of civil conflict and repression. Focusing on the unique moral damage that attends the deterioration of political relationships, Murphy identifies the precise kinds of repair and transformation that processes of political reconciliation ought to promote. Building on this analysis, she proposes a normative model of political relationships. A Moral Theory of Political Reconciliation delivers an original account of the failure and restoration of political relationships, which will be of interest to philosophers, social scientists, legal scholars, policy analysts, and all those who are interested in transitional justice, global politics, and democracy"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-208) and index.

Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Part I. Conceptual Frameworks: 2. The rule of law; 3. Political trust; 4. Capabilities; Part II. Promoting Political Reconciliation: 5. Evaluating processes of political reconciliation; 6. Truth commissions; 7. International criminal trials; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography.

"Following extended periods of conflict or repression, political reconciliation is indispensable to the establishment or restoration of democratic relationships and critical to the pursuit of peacemaking globally. In this important new book, Colleen Murphy offers an innovative analysis of the moral problems plaguing political relationships under the strain of civil conflict and repression. Focusing on the unique moral damage that attends the deterioration of political relationships, Murphy identifies the precise kinds of repair and transformation that processes of political reconciliation ought to promote. Building on this analysis, she proposes a normative model of political relationships. A Moral Theory of Political Reconciliation delivers an original account of the failure and restoration of political relationships, which will be of interest to philosophers, social scientists, legal scholars, policy analysts, and all those who are interested in transitional justice, global politics, and democracy"-- Provided by publisher.

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