Politics and the Past: On Repairing Historical Injustices (World Social Change)

Politics and the Past offers an original, multidisciplinary exploration of the growing public controversy over reparations for historical injustices. Demonstrating that 'reparations politics' has become one of the most important features of international politics in recent years, the authors analyze why this is the case and show that reparations politics can be expected to be a major aspect of international affairs in coming years. In addition to broad theoretical and philosophical reflection, the book includes discussions of the politics of reparations in specific countries and regions, including the United States, France, Latin America, Japan, Canada, and Rwanda. The volume presents a nuanced, historically grounded, and critical perspective on the many campaigns for reparations currently afoot in a variety of contexts around the world. All readers working or teaching in the fields of transitional justice, the politics of memory, and social movements will find this book a rich and provocative contribution to this complex debate. The politics of regret : analytical frames / J. Olick and B. Coughlin Coming to terms with the past / Alan Cairns Restitution and amending historical injustices in international morality / Elazar Barkan Reflections on reparations / Roy L. Brooks Calculating slavery reparations : theory, numbers, and implications / Dalton Conley War compensation : claims against the Japanese government and Japanese corporations for war crimes / Laura Hein Negotiating new relationships : Canadian museums, first nations, and cultural property / Ruth B. Phillips and Elizabeth Johnson Is truth enough? reparations and reconciliation in Latin America / Sharon E. Lean Moral integrity and reparations for Africa / Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann Wealth of nations : aboriginal treaty making in the era of globalization / R.S. Ratner, William K. Carroll, and Andrew Woolford Victims of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Rwanda : the legal and institutional framework of their right to reparation / Stef Vandeginste Justice, history, and memory in France : reflections on the Papon trial / Henry Rousso Overcoming the past? narrative and negotiation, remembering, and reparation : issues at the interface of history and the law / Charles S. Maier. De forskellige bidrag belyser retsopgør og forsoningsprocesser i en lang række lande, der har gennemlevet krige, folkedrab, undertrykkelse af menneskerettigheder, slaveri og krigsforbrydelser, heriblandt USA, Frankrig, Latinamerika, Japan, Canada og Rwanda Torpey provides an exploration of the growing public controversy over reparations for historical injustices. The text presents a historically grounded perspective on the many campaigns for reparations afoot in a variety of contexts around the world