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This book looks into the role and effects of public apologies in
international relations. It focuses on two major questions - why
and when do states issue apologies for historic crimes and how and
under what conditions are these apologies successful in remedying
conflictive relationships? In recent years, we have witnessed an
unseen popularity of apologies, with numerous politicians, managers
and clergymen being eager to apologise and atone for the
wrong-doings of their countries or institutions. Public apologies,
thus, are a new and highly interesting, while nevertheless still
puzzling phenomenon, the precise role and meaning of which in
international politics remains to be explored. This book sets out
to do exactly this. Focusing in particular on state apologies, it
assembles twelve detailed empirical case studies which deal with
the two questions raised above. In the first part, the case studies
reconstruct the processes in which state representatives react to
calls for public atonement, and in the second part the case studies
explore the reactions to the apology and evaluate signs for its
success or failure. All case studies are based on a theoretical
framework which is outlined in the introduction to the book and
helps develop tentative assumptions about the emergence and the
effects of state apologies, drawing on different strands of
literature, such as political science, philosophy, sociology or
psychology. This work will be of great interest to students and
scholars of conflict reconciliation, international relations and
transitional justice.
This book looks into the role and effects of public apologies in
international relations. It focuses on two major questions - why
and when do states issue apologies for historic crimes and how and
under what conditions are these apologies successful in remedying
conflictive relationships? In recent years, we have witnessed an
unseen popularity of apologies, with numerous politicians, managers
and clergymen being eager to apologise and atone for the
wrong-doings of their countries or institutions. Public apologies,
thus, are a new and highly interesting, while nevertheless still
puzzling phenomenon, the precise role and meaning of which in
international politics remains to be explored. This book sets out
to do exactly this. Focusing in particular on state apologies, it
assembles twelve detailed empirical case studies which deal with
the two questions raised above. In the first part, the case studies
reconstruct the processes in which state representatives react to
calls for public atonement, and in the second part the case studies
explore the reactions to the apology and evaluate signs for its
success or failure. All case studies are based on a theoretical
framework which is outlined in the introduction to the book and
helps develop tentative assumptions about the emergence and the
effects of state apologies, drawing on different strands of
literature, such as political science, philosophy, sociology or
psychology. This work will be of great interest to students and
scholars of conflict reconciliation, international relations and
transitional justice.
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