Alexandra Barahona De Brito / Carmen Gonzalez Enriquez / Paloma Aguilar (eds.)

The Politics of Memory

Transitional Justice in Democratizing Societies
Herausgeber: De Brito, Alexandra Barahona; Aguilar, Paloma; González Enríquez, Carmen

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

One of the most important political and ethical issues faced during a political transition from authoritarian or totalitarian to democratic rule is how to deal with legacies of repression. This book explores the important aspect of transitional politics, assessing how Portugal, Spain, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Germany after reunification, Russia, the Southern Cone of Latin America and Central America, as well as South Africa, have confronted legacies of repression.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9780199240807
• ISBN-10: 0199240809
• Artikelnr.: 20966821

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: Naomi Roht-Arriaza: The Role of International Actors in National
Accountability Processes
* 2: Antonio Costa Pinto: Settling Accounts with the past in a Troubled
Transition to Democracy: The Portuguese Case
* 3: Paloma Aguilar: Justice, Politics, and Memory in the Spanish
Tradition
* 4: Alexandra Barahona de Brito: Truth, Justice, memory, and
Democratization in the Southern Cone
* 5: Rachel Sieder: War, peace, and Memory plitics in Central America
* 6: Richard A. Wilson: Justice and Legitimacy in the South African
Transition
* 7: Carmen González Enríquez: Decommunization and Politial Justice in
Central and Eastern Europe
* 8: Jan-Werner Muller: East Germany: Incorporation, Tainted Truth, and
the Double Vision
* 9: Naci Adler: In Search of Identity: The Collapse of the Soviet
Union and the Recreation of Russia
* 10: Conclusion