- Title Pages
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CONTRIBUTORS
- ABSTRACTS
- <b>Introduction</b> Repairing the Past: Compensation for Victims of Human Rights Violations
- Chapter 1 Economic Reparations for Grave Human Rights Violations
- Chapter 2 The Reparations Policy for Human Rights Violations in Chile
- Chapter 3 The Reparations Program in Brazil
- Chapter 4 The Reparations Proposals of the Truth Commissions in El Salvador and Haiti
- Chapter 5 Overview of the Reparations Program in South Africa
- Chapter 6 Reparations in Malawi
- Chapter 7 Report on Redress
- Chapter 8 Compensation for the Victims of September 11
- Chapter 9 The United Nations Compensation Commission
- Chapter 10 German Reparations to the Jews after World War II
- Chapter 11 Making Good Again: German Compensation for Forced and Slave Laborers
- Chapter 12 Justice and Reparations
- Chapter 13 Reparations, International Law, and Global Justice
- Chapter 14 Justice in Context
- Chapter 15 Reparations and Civil Litigation
- Chapter 16 Narrowing the Micro and Macro
- Chapter 17 Reparations and Mental Health
- Chapter 18 Reparation of Sexual Violence in Democratic Transitions
- Chapter 19 Financing Reparations Programs
- Chapter 20 Reparations and Microfinance Schemes
- Argentina
- Chile
- Brazil
- El Salvador
- Haiti
- South Africa
- MALAWI
- <b>USA</b>
- USA
- <b>Germany</b>
- Germany Forced and Slave Labor
- INDEX
Narrowing the Micro and Macro
Narrowing the Micro and Macro
A Psychological Perspective on Reparations in Societies in Transition
- Chapter:
- (p.560) Chapter 16 Narrowing the Micro and Macro
- Source:
- The Handbook of Reparations
- Author(s):
Brandon Hamber
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This paper focuses on the relationship between the individual (micro) and the collective (macro) dimensions of reparations, highlighting the gaps and confluences between the two by focusing on symbolic reparations. It argues that massive reparations programs leave a disparity between the individual and the collective dimensions of reparations, i.e., between the needs of victims dealing with extreme trauma, and the social and political needs of a transitional society. Through reparations, the victim seeks some sort of reparation, i.e., a psychological state in which they feel adequate amends have been made. However, whether reparation at an individual level has taken place is difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain. The individual (psychological) and the collective (political) always stand in tension with one another when granting reparations. This dilemma is central to the reparations debate. It is argued that the gap between the micro and macro can be narrowed through a better understanding of the impact of extreme political trauma. Steps can be taken at the social and political level to potentially increase the impact of reparations on individuals as well as the context, process, and discourses surrounding their delivery.
Keywords: individual, collective, amends, reparations program, transitional states
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- Title Pages
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CONTRIBUTORS
- ABSTRACTS
- <b>Introduction</b> Repairing the Past: Compensation for Victims of Human Rights Violations
- Chapter 1 Economic Reparations for Grave Human Rights Violations
- Chapter 2 The Reparations Policy for Human Rights Violations in Chile
- Chapter 3 The Reparations Program in Brazil
- Chapter 4 The Reparations Proposals of the Truth Commissions in El Salvador and Haiti
- Chapter 5 Overview of the Reparations Program in South Africa
- Chapter 6 Reparations in Malawi
- Chapter 7 Report on Redress
- Chapter 8 Compensation for the Victims of September 11
- Chapter 9 The United Nations Compensation Commission
- Chapter 10 German Reparations to the Jews after World War II
- Chapter 11 Making Good Again: German Compensation for Forced and Slave Laborers
- Chapter 12 Justice and Reparations
- Chapter 13 Reparations, International Law, and Global Justice
- Chapter 14 Justice in Context
- Chapter 15 Reparations and Civil Litigation
- Chapter 16 Narrowing the Micro and Macro
- Chapter 17 Reparations and Mental Health
- Chapter 18 Reparation of Sexual Violence in Democratic Transitions
- Chapter 19 Financing Reparations Programs
- Chapter 20 Reparations and Microfinance Schemes
- Argentina
- Chile
- Brazil
- El Salvador
- Haiti
- South Africa
- MALAWI
- <b>USA</b>
- USA
- <b>Germany</b>
- Germany Forced and Slave Labor
- INDEX