Dilemmas of Justice in Eastern Europe's Democratic Transitions
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Dilemmas of Justice in Eastern Europe's Democratic Transitions

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Dilemmas of Justice in Eastern Europe's Democratic Transitions

About this book

Calhoun innovatively examines how the ideology of liberal democracy influences one of the most contentious and potentially traumatic and divisive issues facing countries transitioning from authoritarian regimes to democracy: how to confront the past violations of human rights. Competing views of liberal democracy frame debates about how to confront the past and in particular how to deal with the truth of systematic human rights violations. Democratic values may not determine the precise method of dealing with the past - whether through truth commissions, lustration, or tribunals - but the very process of debate inherent in democratic theory and practice has important implications for the perceived fairness of the result. These implications are examined through a comparison of transitional justice in East Germany, Poland and Russia. The result is a provocative integration of democratic theory and comparative politics.

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Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781349732197
eBook ISBN
9781137074539

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Introduction
  10. Chapter 1 The Politics of Transitional Justice
  11. Chapter 2 Liberal Democratic Ideology and Transitional Justice
  12. Chapter 3 Germany Comes to Terms with the Past, Again
  13. Chapter 4 Poland's Long Search for Justice
  14. Chapter 5 Russia's Buried Past
  15. Conclusion: Liberal Democracy's Shortcomings and Overriding Advantage
  16. Appendix
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index

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