dc.contributor.author |
Melber, Henning
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dc.date.accessioned |
2024-10-09T09:28:27Z |
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dc.date.available |
2024-10-09T09:28:27Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2024 |
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dc.description.abstract |
In 2015 the German government acknowledged that the Empire committed genocide in its colony South West Africa, known since its independence as Namibia. This acknowledgement marked a new reference point in how to engage with colonial crimes. Since then, Germany has fallen short of bearing full and unconditional responsibility for and recognition of the crime in terms of restorative justice. While Germany deserves credit for its commemoration and remorse over the Holocaust during World War II, victims of other forms of extermination with the intent to destroy still crave adequate recognition, commemoration and compensation in the form of reparations. This article presents the Namibian case to illustrate the contradictions and limitations that emerge when general notions are tested and undermined by asymmetric power relations of Realpolitik. |
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dc.description.department |
Political Sciences |
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dc.description.librarian |
hj2024 |
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None |
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dc.description.uri |
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14677660 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Melber, H. 2024, 'Colonialism, genocide and reparations : the German-Namibian case', Development and Change, vol. , no. , pp. 1-27, doi : 10.1111/dech.12840. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0012-155X (print) |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1467-7660 (online) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.1111/dech.12840 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/98564 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Wiley |
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dc.rights |
© 2024 The Author(s). Development and Change published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Institute of Social Studies.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License. |
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dc.subject |
Colonialism |
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dc.subject |
Genocide |
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dc.subject |
Reparations |
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dc.subject |
German government |
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dc.subject |
Namibia |
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dc.title |
Colonialism, genocide and reparations : the German-Namibian case |
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dc.type |
Article |
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