Skeletons in the Closet

by Monika Nalepa

Book Overview

This book tackles three puzzles of pacted transitions to democracy. First, why do autocrats ever step down from power peacefully if they know that they may be held accountable for their involvement in the ancien r gime? Second, when does the opposition indeed refrain from meting out punishment to the former autocrats once the transition is complete? Third, why, in some countries, does transitional justice get adopted when successors of former communists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521514452
• ISBN13: 9780521514453
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"