Making whole what has been smashed
Subtitle: on reparation politics
By: John Torpey.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Reparations for historical injustices -- Social aspects
Description: "This book explores the spread in recent years of political efforts to rectify injustices handed down from the past. Although it recognizes that campaigns for reparations may lead to an improvement in the well-being of victims of mistreatment by states and to reconciliation among former antagonists, it examines the extent to which the concern with the past may represent a departure from the traditionally future-oriented stance of progressive politics."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.