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23%OFFMihaela Mihai - Negative Emotions and Transitional Justice - 9780231176507 - V9780231176507
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Negative Emotions and Transitional Justice

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Description for Negative Emotions and Transitional Justice Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPB; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Vehement resentment and indignation are pervasive in societies emerging from dictatorship or civil conflict. How can institutions channel these emotions without undermining the prospects for democracy? Emphasizing the need to recognize and constructively engage negative public emotions, Mihaela Mihai contributes theoretically and practically to the growing field of transitional justice. Drawing on an extensive philosophical literature and case studies of democratic transitions in South Africa, South America, and Eastern Europe, her book rescues negative emotions from their bad reputation and highlights the obstacles and the opportunities such emotions create for democracy. By valorizing negative emotions, either through the judicial review ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231176507
SKU
V9780231176507
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About Mihaela Mihai
Mihaela Mihai is Senior Research Fellow in Politics and International Relations at the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh. She is the coeditor of On the Uses and Abuses of Political Apologies (2014) and Reclaiming Democracy: Judgment, Responsibility, and the Right to Politics (2015).

Reviews for Negative Emotions and Transitional Justice
Negative Emotions and Transitional Justice connects the threads between previously unrelated clusters of theory on justice, emotions, judgment, and democracy, bringing a new theoretical sophistication to the field of transitional justice studies.
Thomas Brudholm, University of Copenhagen Mihaela Mhiai skillfully maps the contours of the debate about the role domestic and international courts-and particularly judges-should or should not play ... Read more

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