Overcoming Historical Injustices

South Africa's emergence from apartheid has been pivotal in the development of the field of transitional justice. In particular, South Africa's landmark Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has attracted the attention of scores of researchers seeking to understand the implications, in principle and in practice, of its approach to addressing past injustices. Despite the fact that massive forced displacement and dispossession were at the heart of the apartheid project, these injustices were excluded from the mandate of the TRC and have attracted less attention from transitional justice scholars. Overcoming Historical Injustices and Land, Memory, Reconstruction, and Justice are two important studies on this critical issue. Drawing on diverse disciplinary tools, these complementary texts analyse South Africa's beleaguered efforts to address historical land claims and respond to cripplingly inequitable contemporary land distribution patterns, as well as South Africans’ experiences and perceptions of the land issue. The primary audience for these works will be scholars of South African politics and observers of the country's transition from apartheid. The books will certainly be of interest to a much wider range of readers, however, including those interested in efforts to redress forced migration and the role of transitional justice mechanisms in contributing to the resolution of displacement, as well as those concerned with postconflict land reform and restitution, the links between transitional justice and development and the relationship between identity and transitional justice. While Overcoming Historical Injustices enriches current methodological discussions on quantitative approaches to the study of transitional justice, Land, Memory, Reconstruction, and Justice advances debates on the impact of transitional justice initiatives, particularly at the local level, and examines how community mobilization shapes state-sponsored efforts to redress past injustices

Economic Justice · Environmental ethics · Forced migration · Geography · Land reform · Political science · Politics · Redress · Refugee · Restitution · Sociology · Transitional justice · Land Rights and Reforms · Legal Issues in South Africa · South African History and Culture · Gender Studies · Law