| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 300 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in comparative politics |
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Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
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| Contents |
Committing to amnesty -- Kidnapper's dilemma -- Hostages and skeletons in Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic -- Voters : transitional justice demand -- Strategic elites : transitional justice supply -- Transitional justice bill game -- Strategic transitional justice : beyond East Central Europe -- Between agents and heroes |
| Summary |
"This book tackles three puzzles of pacted transitions to democracy. First, why do autocrats ever step down from power peacefully if they know that they may be held accountable for their involvement in the ancien regime? Second, when does the opposition indeed refrain from meting out punishment to the former autocrats once the transition is complete? Third, why, in some countries, does transitional justice get adopted when successors of former communists hold parliamentary majorities?" "Monika Nalepa argues that infiltration of the opposition with collaborators of the authoritarian regime can serve as insurance against transitional justice, making their commitments to amnesty credible. This explanation also accounts for the timing of transitional justice across East Central Europe. Nalepa supports her theory using a combination of elite interviews, archival evidence, and statistical analysis of survey experiments in Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-292) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest, viewed June 5, 2018) |
| Subject |
Democratization -- Europe, Eastern
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Transitional justice -- Europe, Eastern
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Political purges -- Europe, Eastern
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Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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Democratization
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Political purges
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Post-communism
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Transitional justice
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Politischer Wandel
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Demokratisierung
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Justiz
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Eastern Europe
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Ostmitteleuropa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780511679308 |
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0511679300 |
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9780511676796 |
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0511676794 |
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9780511815362 |
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0511815360 |
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