The South African Truth Commission

By: K. Christie

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Hardcover | 1 July 2000 | Edition Number 1

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Over the last thirty years, many political transitions from authoritarian regimes and dictatorial political systems have been accompanied by Truth Commissions. Since 1974 there have been over twenty of these Commissions established in countries as diverse as Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, the Philippines and Germany, among others. Perhaps the most important Truth Commission of our time is the South African one which also seeks to act as a mechanism for reconciliation in a divided society. The South African conflict was extremely long and violent; its victims suffered traumatic experiences and, in part, one of the Commission's functions is to allow their story to be told. This book tries to examine the Truth Commission here and the issues that surround it, assessing different versions of the South African past and the complex negotiations leading to the establishment of the Commission and the complex politics of amnesty, justice and nation-building.

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'Professor Christie's insightful work is one of the first academic analyses in what will no doubt soon develop into a widely debated academic field. Its greatest strength lies in placing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission within a comparative international, academic, and political context. The book is a very competently accessible survey text for readers wishing to understand post-Apartheid South Africa's continuing attempts to come to terms with its past and a wider audience engaged with the wider question of remembering the twentieth century's very ambigious legacy.' - Iain Edwards 'By discussing the South African Truth Commission in the context of other attempts to grapple with the aftermath of painful conflict, Kenneth Christie has made a valuable contribution to understanding transitional societies and the problems of guilt and memory in the contemporary world.' - A.M. Johnston, Professor of Politics, University of Natal, Durban

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African History

Acknowledgements	p. viii
List of Tables	p. ix
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
A Brief History of Apartheid: Contentious Histories	p. 9
Comparing Truth Commissions	p. 36
Negotiating the Truth in Times of Transition	p. 65
The Role of the TRC in Nation Building	p. 94
The Question of Amnesty and Justice	p. 120
Towards Reconciliation or Deepening the Wounds?	p. 142
The Truth Commission: Memory and Change	p. 173
Questions to Members of the Truth Commission and Others	p. 188
Notes	p. 190
Select Bibliography	p. 210
Index	p. 211
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