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Autore |
Simpson Kirk |
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Titolo |
Truth recovery in Northern Ireland [[electronic resource] ] : critically interpreting the past / / Kirk Simpson |
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Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press |
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New York, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-78170-304-3 |
1-84779-344-4 |
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Edizione |
[Online-ausg.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (174 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Peace-building - Northern Ireland |
Truth commissions - Northern Ireland |
Political violence - Northern Ireland |
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Northern Ireland Politics and government 1969-1994 |
Northern Ireland Politics and government 1994- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-151) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgements; List of boxes; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The conflict in Northern Ireland A contextual and thematic analysis; 2 Truth commissions and dealing with the past; 3 Voices silenced, voices rediscovered Victims of violence and the reclamation of language in transitional societies; 4 Victims of political violence A Habermasian model of truth recovery; 5 Memorialisation in post-conflict societies Critically interpreting the past; 6 Conclusion; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Northern Ireland has entered what is arguably the key phase in its troubled political history - truth recovery and dealing with the legacy of the past - yet the void in knowledge and the lack of academic literature with regard to victims' rights is particularly striking. This book analyses truth recovery as a fundamental aspect of the transition from political violence to peace, democracy and stability in post-conflict Northern Ireland. Kirk Simpson argues that it is essential for any process of truth |
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