Tools for Tragedy: Procedures for Assessing Historic Redress Claims. Issue 1 (20th December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Winter, Stephen
• Is Part Of: Politics & policy. Volume 49:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 162
• Page End: 185
• Publication Date: 2020-12-20
• Subjects: Human Rights -- Redress -- Institutional Abuse -- Reparations -- Historical Justice -- Child Abuse; Derechos humanos -- Reparación -- Abuso institucional -- Reparaciones -- Justicia histórica -- Abuso infantil; 人權 -- 補救 -- 機構虐待 -- 賠償 -- 歷史正義 -- 虐待兒童; Political science -- Periodicals; World politics -- 21st century -- Periodicals; 320
• DOI: 10.1111/polp.12385
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1555-5623

Abstract

Abstract : Programs providing monetary redress for historical injustices are often heralded as praiseworthy acts of national accountability. However, critics tend to judge their implementation harshly. Those unfavorable judgments respond, at least in part, to trade‐offs between important values that are "hard‐wired" into the basic tools of assessment. Exposing those trade‐offs can help observers understand the compromises inherent in program design and, hopefully, support policy makers in creating more rational programs. Related Articles: Kahn‐Nisser, Sara. 2018. "Constructive Criticism: Shaming, Incentives, and Human Rights Reforms." Politics & Policy 46 (1): 58‐83. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12240 Ryan, Susannah. 2015. "White Gold and Troubled Waters in Southern Africa: Hydropolitical Policy's Effect on Peace in Lesotho and South Africa." Politics & Policy 43 (2): 239‐255. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12114 Woessner, Matthew, and April Kelly‐Woessner. 2006. "Slavery Reparations and Race Relations in America: Assessing how the Restitutions Debate Influences Public Support for Blacks, Civil Rights, and Affirmative Action." Politics & Policy 34 (1): 134‐154. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747‐1346.2006.00007.x Abstract : Herramientas para la tragedia: procedimientos para evaluar reclamos de reparación históricos: Los programas que brindan compensación monetaria por injusticias históricas a menudo se anuncian como actos loables de responsabilidad nacional. Sin embargo, los críticos tienden a juzgar su implementación con severidad. Esos juicios desfavorables responden, al menos en parte, a compensaciones entre valores importantes que están "integrados" en las herramientas básicas de evaluación. Exponer esas compensaciones puede ayudar a los observadores a comprender los compromisos inherentes al diseño de programas y, con suerte, ayudar a los responsables de la formulación de políticas a crear programas más racionales. Abstract : 悲劇工具：評估歷史賠償要求的程序: 為歷史上的不公正行為提供金錢賠償的計劃通常被譽為值得稱讚的國家責任行為。但是，批評家往往會嚴厲地判斷其實施情況。這些不利的判斷至少部分是對"硬連接"到評估基礎工具中的重要價值之間的權衡取捨。揭露這些折衷可以幫助觀察者理解程序設計中固有的折衷，並希望支持決策者創建更合理的程序。