Transitional Justice and Democratic Consolidation in the Post-Communist Space: A Comparative Review of the Czech Republic, Latvia and Slovakia

In this comparative review, I first evaluate scholarly findings attempting to dis/prove a relationship between transitional justice and the consolidation of democracy. Second, I outline several criteria for ‘democratic’ transitional justice in order to be able to judge transitional justice policies....

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Autor principal:	Sairambay Yerkebulan
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Lenguaje:	CS EN SK
Publicado:	Sciendo 2021
Materias:	transitional justice consolidation of democracy the czech republic latvia slovakia Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bee4c62654904cc68d628dc9da6f11f02021-12-02T19:10:27ZTransitional Justice and Democratic Consolidation in the Post-Communist Space: A Comparative Review of the Czech Republic, Latvia and Slovakia1801-342210.2478/pce-2021-0006https://doaj.org/article/bee4c62654904cc68d628dc9da6f11f02021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2021-0006https://doaj.org/toc/1801-3422In this comparative review, I first evaluate scholarly findings attempting to dis/prove a relationship between transitional justice and the consolidation of democracy. Second, I outline several criteria for ‘democratic’ transitional justice in order to be able to judge transitional justice policies. Third, I examine and judge transitional justice policies of the Czech Republic, Latvia and Slovakia by these criteria. Last, I argue that transitional justice is neither a prerequisite for the successful consolidation of democracy nor inherently democratic unless it is carried out in coordination with the ideals of liberal democracy, which might support the achievement of peace and societal stability in a transition period.Sairambay YerkebulanSciendoarticletransitional justiceconsolidation of democracythe czech republiclatviaslovakiaPolitical scienceJCSENSKPolitics in Central Europe, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 127-142 (2021)
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description	In this comparative review, I first evaluate scholarly findings attempting to dis/prove a relationship between transitional justice and the consolidation of democracy. Second, I outline several criteria for ‘democratic’ transitional justice in order to be able to judge transitional justice policies. Third, I examine and judge transitional justice policies of the Czech Republic, Latvia and Slovakia by these criteria. Last, I argue that transitional justice is neither a prerequisite for the successful consolidation of democracy nor inherently democratic unless it is carried out in coordination with the ideals of liberal democracy, which might support the achievement of peace and societal stability in a transition period.
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title	Transitional Justice and Democratic Consolidation in the Post-Communist Space: A Comparative Review of the Czech Republic, Latvia and Slovakia
title_short	Transitional Justice and Democratic Consolidation in the Post-Communist Space: A Comparative Review of the Czech Republic, Latvia and Slovakia
title_full	Transitional Justice and Democratic Consolidation in the Post-Communist Space: A Comparative Review of the Czech Republic, Latvia and Slovakia
title_fullStr	Transitional Justice and Democratic Consolidation in the Post-Communist Space: A Comparative Review of the Czech Republic, Latvia and Slovakia
title_full_unstemmed	Transitional Justice and Democratic Consolidation in the Post-Communist Space: A Comparative Review of the Czech Republic, Latvia and Slovakia
title_sort	transitional justice and democratic consolidation in the post-communist space: a comparative review of the czech republic, latvia and slovakia
publisher	Sciendo
publishDate	2021
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Transitional Justice and Democratic Consolidation in the Post-Communist Space: A Comparative Review of the Czech Republic, Latvia and Slovakia

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