Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0343218

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0343218

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Defining and Attempting Reconciliation: A Critical Analysis of the Pursuit of Reconciliation in South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. This project challenges existing accounts of South Africa's confrontation of its apartheid past, by establishing the conceptual significance of 'reconciliation' in its Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Using a perspective informed by the international context of transitional justice, and by comparison with other postcolonial racially-divided societies, it tests the hypothesis that restorative justice is more effective than retributive justice. Publication of the findings in a book and articles will illuminate the significance of 'reconciliation' for South Africa's recent political, legal and social history, and for its immediate future. In a larger thematic context, it also offers important applications for Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $125,225.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical Studies | History: Australian | History: African | Human Rights

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Justice and the law not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Historical Studies | History: African | History: Australian | Human Rights | Justice and the law not elsewhere classified | Understanding Australia'S Past | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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