Overcoming Historical Injustices

Land Reconciliation in South Africa

By:

James L Gibson

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Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Public Opinion and Political Psychology

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Overcoming Historical Injustices is the last entry in Gibson's 'overcoming trilogy' on South Africa's transformation from apartheid to democracy. Focusing on the issue of historical land dispossessions - the taking of African land under colonialism and apartheid - this book investigates the judgements South Africans make about the fairness of their country's past. Should, for instance, land seized under apartheid be returned today to its rightful owner? Gibson's research zeroes in on group identities and attachments as the thread that connects people to the past. Even when individuals have experienced no direct harm in the past, they care about the fairness of the treatment of their group to the extent that they identify with that group. Gibson's analysis shows that land issues in contemporary South Africa are salient, volatile, and enshrouded in symbols and, most important, that interracial differences in understandings of the past and preferences for the future are profound.

Author Biography:

James L. Gibson is currently the Sidney W. Souers Professor of Government at Washington University in St. Louis. Gibson has published more than 100 refereed articles and chapters, in a wide range of national and international social-scientific journals, including all of the leading political science journals. He has also published five books, including the award-winning Overcoming Apartheid: Can Truth Reconcile a Divided Nation? and Citizens, Courts, and Confirmations: Positivity Theory and the Judgments of the American People (co-authored with Gregory A. Caldeira, forthcoming). Gibson has served as the President of the Midwest Political Science Association and as an officer of the American Political Science Association. His research has been recognized with numerous awards. Gibson's overall research agenda on democratization was recognized with the 2005 Decade of Behavior Research Award.

Release date Australia

July 20th, 2009

Author

James L Gibson

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

29 Tables, unspecified; 17 Line drawings, unspecified

Pages

328

Series

Cambridge Studies in Public Opinion and Political Psychology

Dimensions

160x235x27

ISBN-13

9780521517881

Product ID

3085486

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