Transforming Societies after Political Violence Truth, Reconciliation, and Mental Health /

• Main Author: Hamber, Brandon (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer US, 2009.
• Series: Peace Psychology Book Series
• Subjects: Psychology.; Cross-cultural psychology.; Cross Cultural Psychology.

It is a momentous day for a nation when war is over or a brutal regime ends. For victims and survivors of political atrocities, it is also a time to process trauma, to anticipate the future, to be heard—and to be healed. Transforming Societies after Political Violence offers a template for those tas...

Table of Contents:

• Looking Back, Moving Forward
• Miracles, Trauma and the Truth Commission
• A Tidal Wave of Emotion
• A Place for Healing
• Ambivalence and Closure
• Reparations and Paying for the Past
• Doing Justice
• Assessing Truth and Reconciliation
• Truth Telling and Violence Prevention
• Transforming Transitional Societies.