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Communists and their victims: the quest for justice in the Czech Republic

Roman David
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E-Book
Publication:
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
Copyright:
©2018
Related Series:
Pennsylvania studies in human rights
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Summary:
Did justice measures rectify the legacy of human rights abuses committed during the communist era in the Czech Republic? Roman David weighs this question carefully to promote a transformative theory of justice that demonstrates that justice measures, in order to be successful, require a degree of reconciliation.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; List of Acronyms; Introduction; PART I. HISTORICAL AND SOCIOLEGAL CONTEXT; Chapter 1. The Communist Regime in Czechoslovakia: Were People Coerced?; Chapter 2. Justice After Transition: Retributive, Revelatory, Reparatory, and Reconciliatory Measures; PART II. JUSTICE AT THE POLES OF SOCIETY; Chapter 3. Did Justice Measures Heal Victims? Compensation, Truth, and Reconciliation in the Lives of Political Prisoners; Chapter 4. Did Justice Measures Transform Communists? Personal and Intergenerational Transformation; PART III. JUSTICE IN A POLARIZED SOCIETY.
  • Chapter 5. Could Justice Measures Transform the Divided Society? Experimental Evidence About Justice and ReconciliationChapter 6. Did Justice Measures Transform the Divided Society? Class and Ideological Divides; Conclusion: From Observations to the Transformative Theory of Justice; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; Acknowledgments.
Author/Creator:
David, Roman , author
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Main Work:
Communists and their victims: the quest for justice in the Czech Republic [by David, R.]
Related Series:
Pennsylvania studies in human rights
Subjects:
Transitional justice — Czech Republic
Justice, Administration of — Political aspects — Czech Republic
Post-communism — Czech Republic
Transitional justice
Justice, Administration of — Political aspects
Justice, Administration of
Post-communism
Czech Republic
Former communist countries
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 9, 2018).
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Digital Characteristics:
text file
Call Numbers:
JC599.C95 D385 2018eb
ISBNs:
9780812294989 (electronic bk.)
081229498X (electronic bk.)
9780812250145 [Invalid]
OCLC Numbers:
1029872434