Overcoming apartheid: Can truth reconcile a divided nation?

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 603, Issue , 2006, Pages 82-110

  Gibson, James L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective memories; Conflict resolution; Democratization; Intergroup conflict; Political culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444451897     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716205282895     Document Type: Conference Paper

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