Transitional justice after German reunification: exposing unofficial collaborators
How do societies transitioning from oppressive to democratic rule hold accountable those citizens who contributed to maintaining injustice in the ancient regime by secretly denouncing fellow citizens? Is their public identification a way of fulfilling respect for those who suffered harm as a result of their collaboration? And is public identification respectful of denunciators themselves? This book pursues these questions through a multidisciplinary investigation focusing on the denunciators fo…
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- Full title :Transitional justice after German reunification : exposing unofficial collaborators / Juan Espindola.
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How do societies transitioning from oppressive to democratic rule hold accountable those citizens who contributed to maintaining injustice in the ancient regime by secretly denouncing fellow citizens? Is their public identification a way of fulfilling respect for those who suffered harm as a result of their collaboration? And is public identification respectful of denunciators themselves? This book pursues these questions through a multidisciplinary investigation focusing on the denunciators for the East German secret police and the Ministry of State Security and the way in which they have been publicly unveiled in contemporary German society. The book evaluates the justifications that social actors offer to support or oppose public identifications; how targeted collaborators react to this social practice; and whether it achieves its intended purpose. At every stage, the book asks whether the motivations and the consequences of public identifications honor or undermine the value of respect for people.--Résumé de l'éditeur.
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- Publication Date:2015.
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- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:New York, NY
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015.
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Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 27 juillet 2016).
In Cambridge Core.
Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Univeristy of Michigan, 2011) under title: The Disclosures of Respect : The Public Exposure of Stasi Informers after the German Reunification.
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- Description:1 ressource en ligne : : fichiers PDF
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- ISBN:9781316320006, 1316320006, 9781316014851, 1316014851
- oclc:on1132064593
- LC Classification:KK5245
- Dewey Decimal:342.43/0418
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