Reconciliation in times of impunity: Challenges for social justice

Social Justice Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 149-170

  Opotow, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Genocide; Impunity; Justice; Moral exclusion; Reconciliation; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344510557     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012888902705     Document Type: Article

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