2014 marked the 25th anniversary of the collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe. The events of 1989 are widely seen as having ushered in new all-encompa

Explores how the former communist regimes of Central and Eastern Europe have grappled with the serious human rights violations of past regimes.

Offering a single, coherent framework of the political, economic, and social phenomena that characterize post-communist regimes, this is the most comprehensive

It has long been assumed that the historical legacy of Soviet Communism would have an important effect on post-communist states. However, prior research has foc

Having won a two-third majority in Parliament at the 2010 elections, the Hungarian political party Fidesz removed many of the institutional obstacles of exertin