Dilemmas of Justice in Eastern Europe's Democratic Transitions

Dilemmas of Justice in Eastern Europe's Democratic Transitions
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : 9781137074539
ISBN-13 : 1137074531
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Download or read book Dilemmas of Justice in Eastern Europe's Democratic Transitions written by N. Calhoun and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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