1st Edition
Informal Reckonings Conflict Resolution in Mediation, Restorative Justice, and Reparations
Biography
Andrew Woolford is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Manitoba. He is author of Between Justice and Certainty: Treaty Making in British Columbia (2005, UBC Press). Dr. Woolford has published articles on Canadian Aboriginal peoples, genocide and conflict resolution in journals such as Law & Society Review, Critical Criminology, Canadian Journal of Sociology, Journal of Human Rights, and Social Justice.
R.S. Ratner is Professor Emeritus (Sociology) at the University of British Columbia. He co-edited State Control: Criminal Justice Politics in Canada (1987, UBC Press) and Challenges and Perils: Social Democracy in Neoliberal Times (2005, Fernwood Books). His research interests are in the fields of social movements, critical criminology, and political sociology. His current research project is a cross-cultural study of genocide reparations.
"This perceptive, well-argued, but condensed volume written clearly and elegantly provides good summaries of the advantages and perils of informal reckoning in different settings, and convincingly argues that, as arenas of expression and mobilization of social and legal criticism, these informal 'counterpublics' can lead toward transformative justice." -- CHOICE September 2008, Vol. 46 (L. Stan, St. Francis Xavier University)
