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Walk with Us and Listen : Political Reconciliation in Africa



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Autore: Villa-Vicencio Charles Visualizza persona
Titolo: Walk with Us and Listen : Political Reconciliation in Africa Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Washington, : Georgetown University Press, 2009
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 p.)
Disciplina: 303.6/9096
341.52096
Soggetto topico: Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
Conflict management -- Africa
Peace-building -- Africa
Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- Africa
Reconciliation - Political aspects - Africa
Peace-building - Africa
Conflict management - Africa
Law, Politics & Government
International Relations
Soggetto geografico: Africa Politics and government 1960-
Persona (resp. second.): Villa-VicencioCharles
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Where Past and Present Meet; Prologue: Affinities and Tensions in Debate; 1 An African Journey; 2 Shared Peace; 3 From Encounter to Settlement; 4 National Conversation in South Africa; 5 Ubuntu; 6 Traditional African Reconciliation Practices; 7 Why Reconciliation Is Important; 8 Seeking Consensus; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Effective peace agreements are rarely accomplished by idealists. The process of moving from situations of entrenched oppression, armed conflict, open warfare, and mass atrocities toward peace and reconciliation requires a series of small steps and compromises to open the way for the kind of dialogue and negotiation that make political stability, the beginning of democracy, and the rule of law a possibility. For over forty years, Charles Villa-Vicencio has been on the front lines of Africa's battle for racial equality. In Walk with Us and Listen, he argues that reconciliation needs honest talk
Titolo autorizzato: Walk with Us and Listen  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-58901-883-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910816619903321
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