Transitional Justice and Democratization

9. Lustration – Skeletons in the Closet of Eastern European Transitions?

Lustration and Forms (Czechia, Eastern Germany, Poland, Hungary) – Reasoning standing behind the choice of lustration – Lustration and Form of Democratic Transition


Reading list:

·       David, Roman (2003): Lustration Laws in Action. The Motives and Evaluation of Lustration Policy in the Czech Republic and Poland (1989-2001). Law & Social Inquiry, Vol. 28, No. 2 (Spring, 2003), s. 387-439.

·    Szczerbiak, Aleks. ‘Deepening democratization? Exploring the declared motives for “late” lustration in Poland.’ East European Politics, 32 (2016) 4: 426-445.

·       Weschler, Lawrence (1992). ‘The Velvet Purge: The Trials of Jan Kavan.’ The New Yorker, 19 October 1992. Available at: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1992/10/19/1992_10_19_066_TNY_CARDS_000365026.

 

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