04910nam 2200901 a 450 991078858410332120220916101452.01-283-89691-50-8122-0576-610.9783/9780812205763(CKB)3240000000064743(OCoLC)793012603(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642668(SSID)ssj0000631077(PQKBManifestationID)11390403(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631077(PQKBWorkID)10590748(PQKB)11192732(MdBmJHUP)muse17914(DE-B1597)449413(OCoLC)1013950247(OCoLC)979628022(DE-B1597)9780812205763(Au-PeEL)EBL3441916(CaPaEBR)ebr10642668(CaONFJC)MIL420941(MiAaPQ)EBC3441916(EXLCZ)99324000000006474320110608d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLustration and transitional justice[electronic resource] personnel systems in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland /Roman David1st ed.Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Pressc20111 online resource (327 p.)Pennsylvania Studies in Human RightsPennsylvania studies in human rightsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8122-4331-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-300) and index.pt. I. Personnel systems and transitional justice -- pt. II. Lustration systems in central Europe -- pt. III. Experimental evidence.How do transitional democracies deal with officials who have been tainted by complicity with prior governments? Should they be excluded or should they be incorporated into the new system? In Lustration and Transitional Justice, Roman David examines major institutional innovations that developed in Central Europe following the collapse of communist regimes. While the Czech Republic approved a lustration (vetting) law based on the traditional method of dismissals, Hungary and Poland devised alternative models that granted their tainted officials a second chance in exchange for truth. David classifies personnel systems as exclusive, inclusive, and reconciliatory; they are based on dismissal, exposure, and confession, respectively, and they represent three major classes of transitional justice.David argues that in addition to their immediate purposes, personnel systems carry symbolic meanings that help explain their origin and shape their effects. In their effort to purify public life, personnel systems send different ideological messages that affect trust in government and the social standing of former adversaries. Exclusive systems may establish trust at the expense of reconciliation, while inclusive and reconciliatory systems may promote both trust and reconciliation.In spite of its importance, the topic of inherited personnel has received only limited attention in research on transitional justice and democratization. Lustration and Transitional Justice is the first attempt to fill this gap. Combining insights from cultural sociology and political psychology with the analysis of original experiments, historical surveys, parliamentary debates, and interviews, the book shows how perceptions of tainted personnel affected the origin of lustration systems and how dismissal, exposure, and confession affected trust in government, reconciliation, and collective memory.Pennsylvania studies in human rights.Political purgesCzech RepublicPolitical purgesHungaryPolitical purgesPolandDemocratizationCzech RepublicDemocratizationHungaryDemocratizationPolandTransitional justiceCzech RepublicTransitional justiceHungaryTransitional justicePolandCzech RepublicPolitics and government1993-HungaryPolitics and government1989-PolandPolitics and government1989-Political Science.Public Policy.Political purgesPolitical purgesPolitical purgesDemocratizationDemocratizationDemocratizationTransitional justiceTransitional justiceTransitional justice320.9437David Roman1467639MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788584103321Lustration and transitional justice3678372UNINA