Author : Lavinia Stan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781107641976
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (419 download)
Book Synopsis Post-Communist Transitional Justice by : Lavinia Stan
Download or read book Post-Communist Transitional Justice written by Lavinia Stan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking stock of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the collapse of the communist regimes of Central and Eastern Europe, this volume explores the ways these societies have grappled with the serious human rights violations of past regimes. It focuses on the most important factors that have shaped the nature, speed, and sequence of transitional justice programs in the period spanning the tumultuous revolutions that brought about the collapse of the communist dictatorships and the consolidation of new democratic regimes. Contributors explain why leaders made certain choices, discuss the challenges they faced, and explore the role of under-studied actors and grassroots strategies. Written by recognized experts with an unparalleled grasp of the region's communist and post-communist reality, this volume addresses far-reaching reckoning, redress, and retribution policy choices. It is an engaging and carefully crafted volume, and it covers a wide variety of cases and discusses key transitional justice theories using both qualitative and quantitative research methods.