The Politics of Official Apologies
Melissa Nobles
This book examines the political uses of official apologies in the United States, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Nobles explores why minority groups demand such apologies and why governments do or do not offer them. She argues that apologies can help to alter the terms and meanings of national membership. Minorities demand apologies in order to focus attention on historical injustices, the rectification of which, they argue, should guide changes in present-day government policies. When employed by political actors, apologies play an important, if under appreciated, role in bringing certain views about history and moral obligation to bear in public life.
年:
2008
出版社:
Cambridge University Press
语言:
english
页:
215
ISBN 10:
0521872316
ISBN 13:
9780521872317
文件:
PDF, 739 KB
IPFS:
,
english, 2008
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