The Politics of Official Apologies (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521693851)

This book examines the political uses of official apologies in the United States, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Nobles explores why minority groups demand such apologies and why governments do or do not offer them. She argues that apologies can help to alter the terms and meanings of national membership. Minorities demand apologies in order to focus attention on historical injustices, the rectification of which, they argue, should guide changes in present-day government policies. When employed by political actors, apologies play an important, if under appreciated, role in bringing certain views about history and moral obligation to bear in public life.

Author: Melissa Nobles
ISBN-10: 0521693853
ISBN-13: 9780521693851
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/28/2008
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.27w x 0.53d