Regime Consolidation and Transitional Justice - A Comparative Study of Germany, Spain and Turkey

Explores the effect of justice measures on 'regime consolidation' in a post-transition context.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 3. The concept of regime change and consolidation; 4. Transitional justice measures; 5. The case studies: Germany, Spain and Turkey; 6. Regime consolidation through transitional justice.

About the author

Anja Mihr is Programme Director of the Center on Governance through Human Rights, at the Humboldt-Viadrina Governance Platform in Berlin.

Summary

Regime Consolidation and Transitional Justice explores, by focusing on the long-term impact of transitional justice mechanisms in Germany, Spain and Turkey over a twenty-year period, the effect of justice measures on 'regime consolidation', or the means by which a new political system is established and legitimised in a post-transition context.

Product details

• Authors: Anja Mihr, Anja (Universitat Erfurt Mihr, Mihr Anja
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781108423069
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42306-9
• No. of pages: 476
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Spain, Human Rights, Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Human rights & civil liberties law, Turkey, Political structures: democracy, Comparative Politics, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Legal aspects of criminology, Human rights, civil rights, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship, Criminology: legal aspects