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100 1 _aBakiner, Onur.
245 1 0 _aTruth Commissions :
_bMemory, Power, and Legitimacy.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aPhiladelphia :
_bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,
_c2016.
264 4 _c©2016.
300 _a1 online resource (324 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aPennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series
505 0 _aCover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Truth, Power, and Legitimation in Truth Commission Processes -- Chapter 1. Definition and Conceptual History of Truth Commissions: What Are They? What Have They Become? -- Chapter 2. Speaking Truth to Power? The Politics of Truth Commissions -- Chapter 3. One Truth Among Others? Truth Commissions' Struggle for Truth and Memory -- Part II. Zooming In: Political and Social Change Through Truth Commissions -- Chapter 4. Truth Commission Impact: An Assessment of How Commissions Influence Politics and Society -- Chapter 5. Explaining Variation in Truth Commission Impact (I): Chile and Peru -- Chapter 6. Explaining Variation in Truth Commission Impact (II): Evidence from Thirteen Countries -- Chapter 7. Comparing Truth Commissions' Memory Narratives: Chile and Peru -- Part III. Zooming Out: Coming to Terms with the Past Through Truth Commissions -- Chapter 8. Nation and (Its New) Narration: A Critical Reading of Truth Commissions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
520 _aOnur Bakiner evaluates the success of truth commissions in promoting political, judicial, and social change. He argues that even when commissions produce modest change as a result of political constraints, they open new avenues for human rights activism and transform public discourses on memory, truth, justice, and reconciliation.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aTruth commissions--Political aspects--Case studies.
650 0 _aPolitical crimes and offenses--Investigation--Case studies.
650 0 _aReconciliation--Political aspects--Case studies.
650 0 _aMemory--Political aspects--Case studies.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aBakiner, Onur
_tTruth Commissions
_dPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,c2016
_z9780812247626
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aPennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4321855
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