A moral theory of political reconciliation / Colleen Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy, Colleen, 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reconciliation--Political aspects.

Reconciliation.

Reconciliation--Moral and ethical aspects.

Rule of law.

Truth commissions.

War crime trials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 214 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

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 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.

Contents:

The rule of law

Political trust

Capabilities

Evaluating processes of political reconciliation

Truth commissions

International criminal trials.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2016).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-511-84925-7

1-107-21430-0

1-282-81820-1

9786612818202

0-511-91761-9

0-511-91663-9

0-511-91482-2

0-511-91859-3

0-511-76165-1

0-511-91302-8

OCLC:

670411508