{"product_id":"communists-and-their-victims-the-quest-for-justice-in-the-czech-republic-hardback-9780812250145","title":"Communists and Their Victims; The Quest for Justice in the Czech Republic (Hardback) 9780812250145","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCommunists and Their Victims\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Quest for Justice in the Czech Republic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRoman David (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812250145\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 May 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages, 26 illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.1 cm, 0.606 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"David's findings should be required reading for everyone interested in postconflict and postrepression justice, and his methodology supplies a template that could and should be replicated elsewhere.\" (\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e) \"Roman David has written a perceptive and wise book on transitional justice in Eastern Europe that transcends his focus, the postcommunist Czech Republic, in time and place . . . [A] refreshing contrast to perspectives dominating transitional justice research and analyses and a myth-shattering contribution to this field . . . It is exemplary for its nuanced perspective and detail, and this is exactly the quality that makes it myth shattering.\" (\u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e) \"Utilizing an effective and critical combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, Roman David presents the first comprehensive case study of a postconflict or postrepression country that goes beyond description and platitudes.\" (Harvey M. Weinstein, University of California, Berkeley) \"Roman David interviewed communists and political prisoners-two groups whose experiences are vital to understanding both the communist regime and the democratic responses to it. \u003ci\u003eCommunists and Their Victims\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable and important contribution.\" (Nadya Nedelsky, Macalester College)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCommunists and Their Victims\u003c\/i\u003e, Roman David identifies and examines four classes of justice measures-retributive, reparatory, revelatory, and reconciliatory-to discover which, if any, rectified the legacy of human rights abuses committed during the communist era in the Czech Republic. Conducting interviews, focus groups, and nationwide surveys between 1999 and 2015, David looks at the impact of financial compensation and truth-sharing on victims' healing and examines the role of retribution in the behavior and attitudes of communists and their families. Emphasizing the narratives of former political prisoners, secret collaborators, and former Communist Party members, David tests the potential of justice measures to contribute to a shared sense of justice and their ability to overcome the class structure and ideological divides of a formerly communist regime.\u003cbr\u003e Complementing his original research with analysis of legal judgments, governmental reports, and historical records, David finds that some justice measures were effective in overcoming material and ideological divides while others obstructed victims' healing and inhibited the transformation of communists. Identifying \"justice without reconciliation\" as the primary factor hampering the process of overcoming the past in the Czech Republic, \u003ci\u003eCommunists and Their Victims\u003c\/i\u003e promotes a transformative theory of justice that demonstrates that justice measures, in order to be successful, require a degree of reconciliation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e List of Acronyms\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e PART I. HISTORICAL AND SOCIOLEGAL CONTEXT\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The Communist Regime in Czechoslovakia: Were People Coerced?\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Justice After Transition: Retributive, Revelatory, Reparatory, and Reconciliatory Measures\u003cbr\u003e PART II. JUSTICE AT THE POLES OF SOCIETY\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Did Justice Measures Heal Victims? Compensation, Truth, and Reconciliation in the Lives of Political Prisoners\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Did Justice Measures Transform Communists? Personal and Intergenerational Transformation\u003cbr\u003e PART III. JUSTICE IN A POLARIZED SOCIETY\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Could Justice Measures Transform the Divided Society? Experimental Evidence About Justice and Reconciliation\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Did Justice Measures Transform the Divided Society? Class and Ideological Divides\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: From Observations to the Transformative Theory of Justice\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559202058520,"sku":"9780812250145","price":52.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/communists-and-their-victims-the-quest-for-justice-in-the-czech-republic-hardback-9780812250145","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}