The Politics of Official Apologies

by Melissa Nobles

Intense interest in past injustice lies at the centre of contemporary world politics. Most scholarly and public attention has focused on truth commissions, trials, lustration, and other related decisions, following political transitions. This book examines the political uses of official apologies in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. It explores why minority groups demand such apologies and why governments do or do not offer them...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521693853
• ISBN13: 9780521693851
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.0"