The politics of official apologies
By: Melissa Nobles.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521872317; 9780521693851
Subjects: Civil rights -- North America -- History; Civil rights -- Australia -- History; Civil rights -- New Zealand -- History; Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- North America; Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- Australia; Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- New Zealand; Apologizing
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Toward a membership theory of apologies; title: History of national memberships in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States; title: To apologize or not to apologize : national histories and official apologies; title: Beyond sentiment? : apologies and their effects; title: The weight of history and the value of apologies.