"Based on a report from the American Anthropological Association, Committee for Human Rights, Reparations Task Force." Based on essays first presented during a double session of panels at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in San Jose, California, in 2006. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Reparations and human rights: why the anthropological approach matters / Alison Dundes Renteln. Ethical dimensions of peace / Gretchen E. Schafft -- When governments fail: reparation, solidarity, and community in Nicaragua / James Phillips -- From theory to practice: implementing reparations in post-truth commission Peru / Lisa J. Laplante -- Reparations in Morocco: the symbolic dirham / Susan Slyomovics -- "Victims of crime" and "victims of justice": the symbolic and financial aspects in U.S. compensation programs / Maria-Pia Di Bella -- "We all must have the same treatment": calculating the damages of human rights abuses for the people of Diego Garcia / David Vine, Philip Harvey, and S. Wojciech Sokolowski -- Milpa matters: the Maya community of Toledo versus the government of Belize / Liza Grandia -- Reparations and the illusive meaning of justice in Guatemala / Kathleen Dill -- Of lemons and laws: property and the (trans)national order in Cyprus / Rebecca Bryant -- Israel and the Palestinian refugees: postpragmatic reflections on historical narratives, closure, transitional justice and Palestinian refugees' right to refuse / Dan Rabinowitz -- Reparations and human rights: why the anthropological approach matters / Alison Dundes Renteln.
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