What Makes a Reparation Successful? A Discussion to Inform Design of Reparations to Black Americans

Autor: Kathryn Anne Edwards, Lisa Berdie, Jonathan W. Welburn
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, Vol 10, Iss 2, Pp 69-85 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2377-8253
2377-8261
DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2024.10.2.03
Popis: Reparations policies that seek to make amends for a harm incurred face exigent challenges. In this article we focus on what makes reparations successful and what policy components are necessary, if not sufficient, for success. To study the success of reparations policy design we employ a case study approach. Our analysis investigates the motivation, design, implementation, and impact of past policies to understand what has been successful or unsuccessful within each component of the policy in each historical case. Ultimately, our discussion identifies patterns in the creation and execution of reparations policy that offer important considerations for policies that would provide reparations to Black Americans.
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