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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456142103321

Titolo

The politics of memory [[electronic resource] ] : transitional justice in democratizing societies / / edited by Alexandra Barahona De Brito, Carmen González-Enrı́quez and Paloma Aguilar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2001

ISBN

0-19-152901-X

1-281-94400-9

9786611944001

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (440 p.)

Collana

Oxford studies in democratization

Altri autori (Persone)

Aguilar FernándezPaloma <1965->

BritoAlexandra Barahona de

González EnríquezCarmen

Disciplina

320/.01/1

Soggetti

Amnesty

Democratization

Human rights

Political persecution

Reconciliation

Transitional justice

Truth commissions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [352]-405) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""List of Tables and Figure""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Contributors""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Role of International Actors in National Accountability Processes""; ""2. Settling Accounts with the Past in a Troubled Transition to Democracy: The Portuguese Case""; ""3. Justice, Politics and Memory in the Spanish Transition""; ""4. Truth, Justice, Memory, and Democratization in the Southern Cone""; ""5. War, Peace, and Memory Politics in Central America""; ""6. Justice and Legitimacy in the South African Transition""

""7. De-communization and Political Justice in Central and Eastern Europe""""8. East Germany: Incorporation, Tainted Truth, and the



Double Division""; ""9. In Search of Identity: The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Recreation of Russia""; ""10. Conclusions Carmen Gonzalez-Enriquez, Paloma Aguilar, Alexandra Barahona de Brito""; ""Bibliographical Survey""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores how new governments and societies deal with a legacy of past repression, in Portugal, Spain, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Germany after reunification, as well as Latin America, Central America and South Africa.