Transitional Justice and the Former Soviet Union: Reviewing the Past, Looking toward the Future - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1316648052 ISBN 13: 9781316648056

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2019

Synopsis

In the twenty-five years since the Soviet Union was dismantled, the countries of the former Soviet Union have faced different circumstances and responded differently to the need to redress and acknowledge the communist past and the suffering of their people. While some have adopted transitional justice and accountability measures, others have chosen to reject them; these choices have directly affected state building and societal reconciliation efforts. This is the most comprehensive account to date of post-Soviet efforts to address, distort, ignore, or recast the past through the use, manipulation, and obstruction of transitional justice measures and memory politics initiatives. Editors Cynthia M. Horne and Lavinia Stan have gathered contributions by top scholars in the field, allowing the disparate post-communist studies and transitional justice scholarly communities to come together and reflect on the past and its implications for the future of the region.

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About the Authors

Cynthia M. Horne is Professor of Political Science at Western Washington University.

Lavinia Stan is Professor of Political Science at St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1316648052
• ISBN 13: 9781316648056
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 442
• Editor: Horne Cynthia M.