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The Costs of Justice: Book Talk on Transitional Justice

In The Costs of Justice, UMBC political scientist Brian K. Grodsky provides qualitative analyses of how transitional justice processes have evolved in postcommunist Poland, Croatia, Serbia and Uzbekistan, by examining the decision-making processes and goals of those actors who contributed to key transitional justice policy decisions.  Grodsky challenges the argument that transitional justice in post-repressive states is largely a function of the relative power of new versus old elites. He maintains that a new regime's transitional justice policy is closely linked to its capacity to provide goods and services expected by constituents, not to political power struggles.

This book talk will be in St. Mary's Hall and is sponsored by the Central East European Russian and Eurasian Studies program. See a three-minute intro to Grodsky's book at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDzNtKZPqCg.

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