Graduation Year
Spring 2013
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Government
Reader 1
Aseema Sinha
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© 2013 Koffi Rene Yves Kouassi
Abstract
How could citizens trust a new regime after being oppressed by the previous one? How could citizens forgive their neighbors who yesterday were executioners, used by the previous government, to commit atrocities (Halpern and Weinstein, 2004)? How could people ever feel safe in their own country after being traumatized by civil wars and human rights violations? Is there a political process that could help countries transition from an authoritarian regime to a democratic one and consolidate that democracy? This thesis argues that reconciliation commissions are the answer to all these questions. It also argues that they could be the middle step between peace and democracy-building. However, there are some necessary and sufficient conditions that need to be satisfied.
Recommended Citation
Kouassi, Koffi Rene Yves, "When and How Does Reconciliation Work? A Comparative Study of South Africa and Sri Lanka" (2013). CMC Senior Theses. 648.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/648
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
