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Transitional Justice and Memory in Europe (1945-2013)

Book | 1st edition 2014 | Europe | Nico Wouters
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What lessons can we learn from history, and more importantly: how?

This question is as commonplace as it is essential. Efficient transitional justice policy evaluation requires, inter alia, an historical dimension. What policy has or has not worked in the past is an obvious key question. Nevertheless, history as a profession remains somewhat absent in the multi-disciplinary field of transitional justice. The idea that we should learn lessons from history continues to create unease among most professional historians.

In his critical introduction, the editor investigates the framework of this unease. At the core of this book are nine national European case studies (post 1945, the 1970s dictatorships, post 1989) which implement the true scholarly advantage of historical research for the field of transitional justice: the broad temporal space. All nine case studies tackle the longer-term impact of their country’s transitional justice policies. Two comparative conclusions, amongst others by the internationally renowned transitional justice specialist Luc Huyse, complete this collection.

This volume is a major contribution in the search for synergies between the agenda of historical research and the rapidly developing field of transitional justice.


‘The most sophisticated study to date of transitional justice. Responding to a thoughtful and well-elaborated conceptual framework, contributors explore transitional justice in nine European countries in the aftermath of civil and interstate wars. The collective findings document the variety of responses, some of the reasons for them, their consequences for justice, healing and democratic reconstruction and the important role played by official and collective memories. This is a must read for academics and policymakers alike.’
Richard Ned Lebow, Professor of International Political Theory in the War Studies Department of King’s College London and the James O. Freedman Presidential Professor (Emeritus) of Government at Dartmouth College

‘Surprisingly, we needed the detour of studying faraway tyrannies and wars to rethink in terms of transitional justice the legacy of painful pasts and the persistence of traumatic memories in postwar Europe. This impressive book offers a tableau of incisive country studies inspired by this new approach. Firmly embedded in comparative analysis and theoretical reflection, it should be in the hand luggage of the non-existent but dearly needed Special Rapporteur on Transitional Justice of the Council of Europe.’
Antoon De Baets, author of Responsible History, University of Groningen

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Type of product Book
Format Hardback
EAN / ISSN 9781780682143 / 9781780684888
Series name Series on Transitional Justice
Weight 820 g
Status Available
Number of pages xii + 416 p.
Access to exercice No
Publisher Intersentia
Language English
Publication Date Feb 27, 2014
Available on Jurisquare No
Available on Strada Belgique No
Available on Strada Europe No
Available on Strada Luxembourg No
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  • Table of Contents
  • The Use of History in the Field of Transitional Justice: A Critical Introduction
    Nico Wouters
  • West Germany: A Case of Transitional Justice avant la lettre?
    Annette Weinke
  • Changing Things so Everything Stays the Same: The Impossible “épuration” of French Society, 1945–2000
    Marc Olivier Baruch
  • A Consensus of Differences. Transitional Justice and Belgium’s Divided War Memories (1944–2012)
    Nico Wouters, Dirk Luyten
  • Transitional Justice in the Netherlands after World War II
    Peter Romijn, Erik Schumacher
  • From Ruptured Transition to Politics of Silence: the Case of Portugal
    Filipa Raimundo, António Costa Pinto
  • Amnesty and Reparations Without Truth or Justice in Spain
    Paloma Aguilar Fernández, Clara Ramírez-Barat
  • Transitional Justice after the Collapse of Dictatorship in Greece (1974–2000)
    Stephanos Katsikas
  • The Incomplete Transition in Hungary
    Renata Uitz
  • The Polish Paradox: Transition from and to Democracy
    Klaus Bachmann
  • Comparing Transitional Justice Experiences in Europe
    Luc Huyse
  • Transitional Justice and Memory Development in Europe
    Nico Wouters
  • About the Authors