remembrance days, with attention to what they say about current state-building and national narratives in Russia. In sum, the volume presents an array of transitional justice measures, with attention to the role of state and non-state actors in the process of catalyzing and responding to measures. Book structure The volume is organized into three main sections rather than presenting a country by country approach. focuses on some of the challenges Part I, The Long Shadow of the Past associated with overcoming communist legacies, and explicates the reasons behind the limited transitional justice enacted in the FSU during the first twenty-five years of post-communism. Chapters in this section examine how the framing of past communist abuses affects possible courses of action in post-communist times. Stan, Bekus, Kramer, Trochev and Adler’s chapters explore impediments to reform, delayed transitional justice measures, and the various ways in which the past is being repurposed to advance political and social objectives in the present. focuses on the most Part II, Transitional Justice Programs, Practices, and Legislation important methods of transitional justice and accountability attempted in the FSU, including lustration measures, truth commissions, trials and court cases, memory laws, history reeducation, and the (re)construction of historical narratives. Horne, David, Bakiner, Fijalkowski, and Klymenko draw on the transitional justice literature to inform a discussion of how these measures have worked or failed to work in the FSU. Chapters in this section also examine how the selection of certain types of measures over other types of measures has reflected the states’ efforts to manage the accountability processes in ways that have not always privileged reckoning over political calculations.
remembrance days, with attention to what they say about current state-building and national narratives in Russia. In sum, the volume presents an array of transitional justice measures, with attention to the role of state and non-state actors in the process of catalyzing and responding to measures. Book structure The volume is organized into three main sections rather than presenting a country by country approach. Part I, The Long Shadow of the Past focuses on some of the challenges associated with overcoming communist legacies, and explicates the reasons behind the limited transitional justice enacted in the FSU during the first twenty-five years of post-communism. Chapters in this section examine how the framing of past communist abuses affects possible courses of action in post-communist times. Stan, Bekus, Kramer, Trochev and Adler’s chapters explore impediments to reform, delayed transitional justice measures, and the various ways in which the past is being repurposed to advance political and social objectives in the present. Part II, Transitional Justice Programs, Practices, and Legislation focuses on the most important methods of transitional justice and accountability attempted in the FSU, including lustration measures, truth commissions, trials and court cases, memory laws, history reeducation, and the (re)construction of historical narratives. Horne, David, Bakiner, Fijalkowski, and Klymenko draw on the transitional justice literature to inform a discussion of how these measures have worked or failed to work in the FSU. Chapters in this section also examine how the selection of certain types of measures over other types of measures has reflected the states’ efforts to manage the accountability processes in ways that have not always privileged reckoning over political calculations.
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