{"product_id":"the-politics-of-official-apologies-melissa-nobles-9780521693851","title":"The Politics of Official Apologies","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa Nobles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521693853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521693851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.27w x 0.53d","brand":"Melissa Nobles","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43920053534975,"sku":"9780521693851","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_cfa07e3c-b5ed-4b90-b8ab-c424e572531c.jpg?v=1680813340","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-politics-of-official-apologies-melissa-nobles-9780521693851","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}