Books in the Studies in Political Transition series

The book shows how transitional justice experiences influence domestic change and what the role of the international community in these processes is. The contributions prove that transitional justice measures are not universal. Rather they must be characterized by the principle of local ownership and be crafted to circumstances on the ground.

The book presents the case study of evolution of transitional justice policies designed by Ukraine in the context of the Donbas conflict. It offers a theoretical introduction, discusses the specific context of relevant decisions, and analyses the policies aimed at achieving three normative goals: truth-seeking, retribution, and restoration.

More and more countries have passed legislation which punishes the use of controversial statements and interpretations of the past, often going much beyond the scope of legislation forbidding Holocaust denial.

This book is a collection of essays which span three decades, capping research into the Polish Solidarity movement and its impact on social change. The major one reports on the author's 1981 study on the formation of the Solidarity movement and trade union, one of two research projects on Solidarity carried out at the time.

International Criminal Tribunals do not only do justice and judge the perpetrators of the most heinous crimes. This book present the first part of the results of a five-year international research project, based on field research in ten European and African countries.

Their decisions of International Criminal Tribunals often affect whole societies, governments, legislation in distant countries and trigger processes or adaptation in the administration of countries. Volume 2 presents the evidence from field studies in Sudan, South Sudan, Libya, Kenya, Kosovo, Ukraine and Russia.

On an empirical basis, this book shows the potential of International Criminal Justice, the possibilities, but also the limits of International Criminal Tribunals. Volume 1 presents the evidence from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia and Croatia.

On an empirical basis, this book shows the potential of International Criminal Justice, the possibilities, but also the limits of International Criminal Tribunals. Volume 2 presents the evidence from Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan and South Sudan.

Der Autor untersucht die Auswirkungen der Wahlsiege der rechtspopulistischen Partei «Recht und Gerechtigkeit» in 2015. Sie gewann sowohl die Präsidentschafts- als auch die Parlamentswahlen in Polen und konnte als erste Partei nach 1989 ohne Koalitionspartner eine Regierung bilden. Mit geradezu revolutionärem Eifer ging sie daran, die bestehende Verfassungsordnung zu stürzen. Dieses Buch beschäftigt sich ausführlich mit den Ursachen und gesellschaftlichen Hintergründen für diese Entwicklung und ihren Folgen für Demokratie, Rechtsstaatlichkeit und innenpolitische Stabilität in Polen. Es diskutiert die Konsequenzen für die internationale Position Polens in der EU und der NATO. Der Autor hält fest, dass die Entwicklung nicht nur einen Bruch mit der Verfassungsordnung, sondern auch mit den Traditionen und politischen Werten der polnischen Rechten und der außenpolitischen Grundlinie der Dritten Polnischen Republik darstellt.

The book describes socialisation processes and the reaching of adulthood by the youth in 9 post-communist countries in Europe and Asia. The analyses consider internal political transformations and global influences. The comparison shows that the young, disappointed, consumption-oriented generation can hardly be seen as "the driver of the change".

The book focusses on transitional justice policies implemented in Ukraine since the beginning of 2014. The author comes to the conclusion that there is no evidence supporting the thesis that the implementation of these policies provides visible effects in terms of democratisation of the country.

The International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) - are they independent actors or instruments of a new world order? This book reveals how initially controversial frames like the ones about the genocide in Srebrenica or Rwanda became almost undisputed notions.

The overthrow of the Chilean president Allende in 1973 and the military dictatorship of Pinochet ignited one of the largest social movements of the 20th century. This volume analyzes the impact of the Chilean crisis in Western and Eastern Europe, and offers new insights to the history of the Cold War, of transnational activism, and of human rights.

The crisis in Ukraine has revealed a lack of background knowledge about Ukraine among West European politicians, journalists and even academics. For a better understanding of the crisis, this book provides historical and political insights based on reliable Ukrainian, Russian, Polish and Turkish sources and interviews with key actors and advisors.