The Politics of Memory: Transitional Justice in Democratizing Societies

Contents......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 8
List of Tables and Figure......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 13
Contributors......Page 23
Introduction......Page 28
1. The Role of International Actors in National Accountability Processes......Page 67
2. Settling Accounts with the Past in a Troubled Transition to Democracy: The Portuguese Case......Page 92
3. Justice, Politics and Memory in the Spanish Transition......Page 119
4. Truth, Justice, Memory, and Democratization in the Southern Cone......Page 146
5. War, Peace, and Memory Politics in Central America......Page 188
6. Justice and Legitimacy in the South African Transition......Page 217
7. De-communization and Political Justice in Central and Eastern Europe......Page 245
8. East Germany: Incorporation, Tainted Truth, and the Double Division......Page 275
9. In Search of Identity: The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Recreation of Russia......Page 302
10. Conclusions Carmen González-Enríquez, Paloma Aguilar, Alexandra Barahona de Brito......Page 330
Bibliographical Survey......Page 342
References......Page 379
C......Page 434
E......Page 435
I......Page 436
N......Page 437
P......Page 438
S......Page 439
Z......Page 440