Politicising the Communist Past: The Politics of Truth Revelation in Post-Communist Poland

ISBN-13: 9781138824737 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 206 str.

Aleks Szczerbiak

Opis

This book examines Poland's changing approach, from "communist-forgiving" in the early 1990s through to vetting and opening up of the communist security service files in the mid-2000s.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: What are truth revelation procedures and why do they matter?  2. Truth revelation in post-communist Poland: A case of late (and recurring) lustration and file access  3. What drives late truth-revelation?: Electoral-strategic interests or ideological-programmatic concerns (or both)  4. Truth revelation and post-communist democratisation: The revival of lustration and file access debates in the mid-2000s  5. The ‘Bolek’ affair: Using truth-revelation procedures for political legitimation and de-legitimation  6. Communist-forgiving or seeking historical justice?: Public attitudes towards truth revelation and dealing with the communist past  7. Conclusions: The unfinished business of a contested transition?  Appendix 1 – List of interviewees

O autorze

Aleks Szczerbiak is Professor of Politics and Contemporary European Studies at the University of Sussex, UK.