"Truth" and "reconciliation" as social indicators

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 257-281

  Gibson, James L ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

South African politics; Tolerance; Transitional justice; Truth commissions

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; DEMOCRATIZATION; POLITICAL REFORM; SOCIAL INDICATOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33847019606     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-006-9010-5     Document Type: Article

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