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The Politics of Official Apologies

by Melissa Nobles

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ISBN13: 9780521693851
ISBN10: 0521693853
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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.

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Examines the political uses of official apologies in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States.
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ISBN:
9780521693851
Author:
Nobles, Melissa
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Subject:
History
Subject:
Civil Rights
Subject:
General
Subject:
Government - Comparative
Subject:
Political Process - General
Subject:
Apologizing
Subject:
Civil rights - North America - History
Publication Date:
January 2008
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
200
Dimensions:
8.99x6.27x.53 in. .65 lbs.
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