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Complex Political Victims (Paperback): Erica Bouris

Complex Political Victims (Paperback)

Erica Bouris

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This book reframes major events like South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Holocaust, and the war in Bosnia to take into account the ""complex victim"". It calls for a more effective and encompassing support of all types of victims, especially those not typically recognized as such. Images of the political victim are powerful, gripping, and integral in helping us makes sense of conflict, particularly in making moral calculations, determining who is ""good"" and who is ""evil."" These images, and the discourse of victimization that surrounds them, inform the international community when deciding to recognize certain individuals as victims and play a role in shaping response policies. These policies in turn create the potential for long term, stable peace after episodes of political victimization. Bouris finds weighty problems with this dichotomous conception of actors in a conflict, which pervades much of contemporary peacebuilding scholarship. She instead argues that victims, much like the conflicts themselves, are complex. Rather than use this complexity as a way to dismiss victims or call for limits on the response from the international community, the book advocates for greater and more effective responses to conflict.

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Imprint: Kumarian Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: February 2007
First published: February 2007
Authors: Erica Bouris
Dimensions: 231 x 154 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 978-1-56549-232-5
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General
LSN: 1-56549-232-3
Barcode: 9781565492325

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