Transitional Justice and the Former Soviet Union by Cynthia M... - 9781316648056

Transitional Justice and the Former Soviet UnionReviewing the Past, Looking toward the Future\nAuthor(s): Cynthia M. Horne, Lavinia Stan\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781316648056, 978-1316648056\nSynopsis\nIn the twenty-five years since the Soviet Union was dismantled, the countries of the former Soviet Union have faced different circumstances and responded differently to the need to redress and acknowledge the communist past and the suffering of their people. While some have adopted transitional justice and accountability measures, others have chosen to reject them; these choices have directly affected state building and societal reconciliation efforts. This is the most comprehensive account to date of post-Soviet efforts to address, distort, ignore, or recast the past through the use, manipulation, and obstruction of transitional justice measures and memory politics initiatives. Editors Cyn.