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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463363403321

Autore

Grodsky Brian K. <1974->

Titolo

The costs of justice [[electronic resource] ] : how new leaders respond to previous rights abuses / / Brian K. Grodsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2010

ISBN

0-268-08064-X

Descrizione fisica

x, 355 p. : ill

Collana

Contemporary European politics and society

Disciplina

320.01/1

Soggetti

Transitional justice

Human rights

Transitional justice - Europe, Eastern

Human rights - Europe, Eastern

Transitional justice - Uzbekistan

Human rights - Uzbekistan

Post-communism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-334) and index.

Nota di contenuto

What is transitional justice and why should we care? -- Explaining justice : what are the key determinants of transitional justice policy? -- The justice spectrum : a new methodological approach to studying transitional justice -- The peculiarities of postcommunist justice : addressing lustration -- The method of study : using qualitative data to uncover the path of justice -- Poland : justice, economics, and the end of Solidarity -- Serbia and Montenegro : justice as Yugoslavia's most valuable foreign export? -- Croatia : when the cost of justice is too high -- Uzbekistan : exploiting justice today, facing justice tomorrow? -- Transitional justice in a cross-national perspective -- Reassessing how we think about justice.