Title The Criminalisation of Communism in the European Political Space after the Cold War

Published Milton : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (257 pages) Series Critical European Studies Critical European Studies Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; List of boxes; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; The transnational dimension of political struggles over the Communist past; Contributions of the sociology of memory; An actor-centred sociology of European integration; Hypotheses; Part I Parliamentary consecration of an anti-communist grammar; 1 Anti-communist memory entrepreneurs in the European assemblies; National roots of the European mobilisations; The limits of decommunisation; Political conflicts on the Socialist past Sociopolitical profiles of the memory entrepreneursThe historical opponents to Communism; The anti-communist 'young guard'; Peripheral political actors; Investments in a European career; At the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; During the European Parliament's 6th term; The historical opponents to Communism; The anti-communist 'young guard'; Peripheral political actors; 2 Putting Communism on the agenda at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; Regulating decommunisation: PACE Resolution 1096; Dispensing justice in compliance with human rights Blocking the text in plenary sessionAt the core of the debate: lustration; Condemning 'communist totalitarian crimes': PACE Resolution 1481; The EPP picks up the anti-communist cause; Relays at PACE; The European Union fails to respond; Conflicts over the existence and the scope of the report; The opponents' obstructionist strategies; Assigning the proper rapporteur; A fiercely negotiated interpretation of Communism; Plenary-session discussions and vote; Clear ideological divides; National interpretations of Communism; Adopting Resolution 1481 3 Extending the anti-communist struggle to the European ParliamentAcknowledging Central and Eastern European history; Inaudible requests?; Aligning interests in favour of the 'Yalta Resolution'; A conflictive agenda item; Criticising Communism or celebrating European integration?; Partisan and national voting patterns; Asserting the equivalence of Nazi and Communist crimes; Intensifying mobilisations; Constitution of an antagonistic coalition at the PES; 21 April 2008 debate; Written declaration about 23 August 1939; The Prague Declaration, June 2008 The resolution on European conscience and totalitarianismThe EPP initiative; Legitimacy conflicts; The PES's tactical play; Voting patterns; Part II Anti-communist mobilisations beyond transnational assemblies; 4 The limited convertibility of anti-communist parliamentary resolutions; Specifying Communist crimes: the Holodomor; An interpretation dispute goes international; Ukrainian diplomatic initiatives; Imposing the Russian view in international assemblies; The Russian delegation's play at PACE; Two competing agenda items; Open conflict between the two rapporteurs Summary Memory has taken centre stage in European-level policies after the Cold War, as the Western historical narrative based on the uniqueness of the Holocaust was being challenged by calls for an equal condemnation of Communism and Nazism. This book retraces the anti-communist mobilisations carried out by Central European representatives in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and in the European Parliament since the early 1990s. Based on archive consultation, interviews and ethnographic observation, it analyses the memory entrepreneurs' requests for collective remembrance and legal accountability of Communist crimes in European institutions, Pan-European political parties and transnational advocacy networks. The book argues that these newcomers managed to strengthen their positions and impose a totalitarian interpretation of Communism in the European assemblies, which directly shaped the EU's remembrance policy. However, the rules of the European political game and recurring ideological conflicts with left-wing opponents reduced the legal and judicial implications of this anti-communist grammar at the European level. This text will be of key interest to scholars and graduate students in memory studies, post-Communist politics and European studies, and more broadly in history, political science and sociology Notes Victory of the Russian interpretation of the Great Famine Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Post-communism -- Europe -- History Political crimes and offenses -- Europe -- History Communism -- Europe -- History SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology. Communism Political crimes and offenses Politics and government Post-communism SUBJECT Europe -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004797 Subject Europe Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781351141758 1351141759 9781351141741 1351141740 9781351141734 1351141732 9781351141765 1351141767 0815351135 9780815351139

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