Politics of Reparations and Apologies

Stephanie Wolfe, PhD., is an Assistant Professor at Weber State University, Utah. She received her PhD in International Relations at the University of Kent in Brussels, Belgium. She specializes in international relations, genocide, crimes against humanity and human rights. Her latest field research has taken her to Rwanda to work with Never Again Rwanda’s peace-building institute, South Korea in relation to the comfort women issue, as well as visiting United States based WWII internment camps.

• ​​​​​Introduction.- Reparation Politics.- Restorative Justice.- Success and Failure.- German Genocides.- United States Internments.- Japanese Comfort Women System.- Conclusion.

"Stephanie Wolfe's book explores how states come to terms with their involvement in past atrocities and how they respond to demands for reparation. ... this book is recommended to practitioners and academics in this field." (Benoit Mayer, Journal of International Criminal Justice, Vol. 13 (2), May, 2015)