Complex political victims - Bouris, Erica, 1980- (Bloomfield, CT : Kumarian Press, 2007)
Political victim discourse : adequate for the twenty-first century? -- Peacebuilding and victim discourse -- Fleshing out the ideal victim -- The ideal victim in the political : the Holocaust, the Judenrat, and Hannah Arendt -- Theorizing a complex political victim -- The delicate task of considering complex political victims : Bosnian Muslims -- Political practices of the complex political victim -- The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission : confronting a victimized people, victimized nation -- Epilogue : the role of complex political victim discourse.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-201) and index.
Keywords: Political persecution; Political violence; Political atrocities; Victims of state-sponsored terrorism; Human rights; Civil rights