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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title page; Imprints page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Interviews; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Book Structure; Thematic Overview; Part I. The Long Shadow of the Past; 1 Limited Reckoning in the Former Soviet Union; The Transitional Justice Record of THE FSU; Explaining Limited Reckoning; Incomplete Democratization; The Continued Political Influence of Soviet Decision-makers; A Weak and Divided Civil Society; The Impact of International Actors; The Timing of Abuses; Legal Culture; Conclusion |
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2 Challenges to Transitional Justice in Russia Remembrance Practices: Which Past Informs the Present, and Vice Versa; Which Past to Remember?; Stalin in the Personal Space, the Public Space, and the Polls; Remembrance: Of What and Why; The Destruction of the Museum at Labor Camp Perm; National Memory and State-Generated History; The Next Generation: Textbooks; Truth and the National Narrative; Reconstructing the Past; Conclusion; 3 Public Memory and Communist Legacies in Poland and Russia; Historical Reckoning in Former Communist Countries; Poland and its Nazi Past |
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Poland's Reckoning with the Communist PastRussia; Conclusion; 4 Transitional Justice Attempts in Kazakhstan; Soviet-era Human Rights Abuses in Kazakhstan; Rehabilitating and Commemorating the Famine Victims; Commemoration and Rehabilitation of the Victims of Stalin's Purges; Conclusion; 5 Historical Reckoning in Belarus; Soviet Nation-building in Belarus; Reckoning with the Past in Late Soviet Communism; Belarus: Advancing Historical Reckoning Prior to Independence; New Legislation: a Belarus in Transition; Compensation and Rehabilitation Measures Both Pre- and Post independence |
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New Memory Actors on the Political SceneIndependent Belarus: Creating a New National Idea; Unofficial Transitional Justice Initiatives; Conclusion; Part II. Transitional Justice Programs, Practices, and Legislation; 6 Lustration in Ukraine and Democracy Capable of Defending Itself; Lustration and its Meaning in Ukraine; Lustration Laws and Its Ukrainian Version; European Standards and Democracy Capable of Defending Itself; The Applicability of "Democracy Capable of Defending Itself" to the Ukrainian Situation; The Substantive Provisions of THE Lustration Law |
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The Supervising Positions in the Communist Party and the Young Communist LeagueStaff Members, Secret Agents of the Secret Services, and Secret Collaborators; The Officials and Officers of Yanukovych's Regime; Corrupt Officials; The "Democracy Capable of Defending Itself" and the Lack of Substantive Lustration; Recommendations: The Implementation of Lustration Law; Minimizing the Exclusive Nature of the Lustration Law; Speedy Reform and Human Rights Standards; Steps by the Legislators; Conclusion; 7 Between Politics and History: The Baltic Truth Commissions in Global Perspective |
| Summary |
A comprehensive overview of the efforts of state and non-state actors in the former Soviet Union to redress the past |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 5, 2018) |
| Subject |
Transitional justice -- Former Soviet republics
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Law reform -- Social aspects -- Former Soviet republics
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LAW -- Essays.
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LAW -- General Practice.
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LAW -- Jurisprudence.
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LAW -- Paralegals & Paralegalism.
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LAW -- Practical Guides.
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LAW -- Reference.
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Law reform -- Social aspects
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Transitional justice
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Soviet Union -- Former Soviet republics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Horne, Cynthia Michalski, editor.
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Stan, Lavinia, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781108195829 |
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1108195822 |
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