The Politics of Memory: Transitional Justice in Democratizing Societies

Includes bibliographical references (p. [352]-405) and index. The role of international actors in national accountability processes / Naomi Roht-Arriaza -- Settling accounts with the past in a troubled transition to democracy: the Portuguese case / Antonio Costa Pinto --Justice, politics and memory in the Spanish transition / Paloma Aguilar --Truth, justice, memory, and democratization in the southern cone / Alexandra Barahona de Brito -- War, peace, and memory politics in Central America / Rachel Sieder -- Justice and legitimacy in the South African transition / Richard A. Wilson -- De-communization and political justice in central and eastern Europe / Carmen Gonzlez-Enrquez -- East Germany: incorporation, tainted truth, and the double division / Jan-Werner Muller --In search of identity: the collapse of the Soviet Union and the recreation of Russia / Nanci Adler.