Apology and Reconciliation in International Relations: The Importance of Being Sorry

329 Pages·2015·2.65 MB·English

by  Christopher Daase

Until now, the literature on the political apology has lacked both a serious
consideration of the international relations perspective and detailed case
studies of inter-state apologies. This excellent collection goes a long way to
rectifying these omissions.
Michael Cunningham, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of
Wolverhampton, UK
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Apology and Reconciliation in
International Relations
This book looks into the role and effects of public apologies in international
relations. It focuses on two major questions: why andwhen do states issue apolo-
gies for historic crimes, and how and under what conditions are these apologies
successful in remedying conflictive relationships?
In recent years, we have witnessed apreviously unseen popularityof apologies,
with numerous politicians, managers and clergymen being eager to apologise and
atoneforthewrongdoingsoftheircountriesorinstitutions.Publicapologies,thus,
are a new and highly interesting, while nevertheless still puzzling, phenomenon, the
precise role and meaning of which in international politics remains to be explored.
This book sets out to do exactly this. Focusing in particular on state apologies, it
assembles12detailedempiricalcasestudieswhichdealwiththetwoquestionsraised
above. In the first part, the case studies reconstruct the processes in which state
representativesreacttocallsforpublicatonement,andinthesecondparttheyexplore
thereactionstotheapologyandevaluatesignsforitssuccessorfailure.
All case studies are based on a theoretical framework which is outlined in the
introductiontothebookandhelpsdeveloptentativeassumptionsabouttheemer-
gence and the effects of state apologies, drawing on different strands of literature,
suchaspoliticalscience,philosophy,sociologyorpsychology.Thisworkwill be of
great interest to students and scholars of conflict resolution, international relations
and transitional justice.
Christopher Daase is Professorof International Organizations, Goethe University
Frankfurt, Cluster of Excellence ‘The Formation of Normative Orders’, Institute
of Political Science.
Stefan Engert is Interim Professor, Department of Political Science, Universityof
Konstanz.
Michel-AndréHoreltisaconsultantinprocessmanagement,publiccommunication
andconflictmediation,team ewen, Darmstadt.
Judith Renner is Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Technische
Universität München.
Renate Strassner is Teaching Fellow, Department of International Relations,
Ludwig Maximilian Universityof Munich.
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