Building Trust and Democracy

This volume examines the conditions under which lustration and related transitional justice measures have affected political and social trust-building and democratization across twelve countries in Central and Eastern Europe and parts of the Former Soviet Union between 1989 and 2012.

Informationen zum Autor Cynthia M. Horne is Professor of Political Science at Western Washington University. Her recent research has focused on assessing the impact of transitional justice measures on trust-building, societal reconciliation and democratization in the post-communist transitions. Her articles have appeared in peer reviewed journals, such as the International Journal of Transitional Justice, Comparative Political Studies, Problems ofPost-Communism, Law & Social Inquiry, and Europe-Asia Studies. Klappentext This volume examines the conditions under which lustration and related transitional justice measures have affected political and social trust-building and democratization across twelve countries in Central and Eastern Europe and parts of the Former Soviet Union between 1989 and 2012. Zusammenfassung This volume examines the conditions under which lustration and related transitional justice measures have affected political and social trust-building and democratization across twelve countries in Central and Eastern Europe and parts of the Former Soviet Union between 1989 and 2012.

Autorentext
Cynthia M. Horne is Professor of Political Science at Western Washington University. Her recent research has focused on assessing the impact of transitional justice measures on trust-building, societal reconciliation and democratization in the post-communist transitions. Her articles have appeared in peer reviewed journals, such as the International Journal of Transitional Justice, Comparative Political Studies, Problems of Post-Communism, Law & Social Inquiry, and Europe-Asia Studies.

Inhalt

• Introduction

• 1: Trust and Transitional Justice

• 2: Classifying Countries Within the Transitional Justice Typology

• 3: Building Trust in Public Institutions

• 4: Trust in Government and Government Effectiveness

• 5: Collaboration, Complicity, and Historical Memory

• 6: Lustration, Public Disclosures, and Social Trust

• 7: Transitional Justice in Support of Democratization

• 8: Conclusion: Evaluating Post-Communist Transitional Justice

• Appendix 1: Lustration, Public Disclosure, and File Access Laws and Policies

• Appendix 2: Timeline of Regional Transitional Justice and Lustration Programs (1990-2012)

• Appendix 3: Data Sources and Transformations

• Appendix 4: Replications