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Late lustration policies look different and are designed to do different things than early lustration policies. The laws have expanded the size, scope, duration and transparency measures associated with vetting practices. They target larger numbers of individuals for screening, and different types of positions. While early lustration measures focused on politicians, late lustration policies expanded to include members of the clergy, journalists, academics, teachers and principals, business leaders, and others in “positions of public trust.” In some cases this has meant targeting private sector positions that work closely with the public sector. This reflects a substantial change in the purpose of lustration. It has been argued that the potential benefits of lustration laws would be undermined by late lustration. However, more than 15 years after the 1989 revolutions both Poland and Romania have embarked on new or renewed lustration policies. This paper argues that rather than undermining the trustworthiness of public institutions, late lustration in these cases helps to break cycles of distrust. Late lustration is targeted at the continued privileging of former communist elites across academic, business, political and media industries. The policies have become linked to anti-corruption programs and are aimed at larger, pervasive cycles of distrust plaguing the post-communist transitions. |
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| Horne, Cynthia. "Late Lustration in Poland and Romania: Better Late than Never?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL, Aug 30, 2007 <Not Available>. 2011-06-08 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p211286_index.html> |
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| Horne, C. M. , 2007-08-30 "Late Lustration in Poland and Romania: Better Late than Never?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL Online <PDF>. 2011-06-08 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p211286_index.html |
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Abstract: Late lustration policies look different and are designed to do different things than early lustration policies. The laws have expanded the size, scope, duration and transparency measures associated with vetting practices. They target larger numbers of individuals for screening, and different types of positions. While early lustration measures focused on politicians, late lustration policies expanded to include members of the clergy, journalists, academics, teachers and principals, business leaders, and others in “positions of public trust.” In some cases this has meant targeting private sector positions that work closely with the public sector. This reflects a substantial change in the purpose of lustration. It has been argued that the potential benefits of lustration laws would be undermined by late lustration. However, more than 15 years after the 1989 revolutions both Poland and Romania have embarked on new or renewed lustration policies. This paper argues that rather than undermining the trustworthiness of public institutions, late lustration in these cases helps to break cycles of distrust. Late lustration is targeted at the continued privileging of former communist elites across academic, business, political and media industries. The policies have become linked to anti-corruption programs and are aimed at larger, pervasive cycles of distrust plaguing the post-communist transitions. |
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| Late Lustration Programs in Romania and Poland: Better Late Than Never? Cynthia M. Horne Department of Political Science Western Washington University 516 High Street Bellingham WA 98225 USA Email: Cynthia.Horne@wwu.edu Prepared for delivery at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Abstract: Late lustration policies look different and are designed to do different things than early lustration policies. The laws have expanded the size scope duration and transparency measures associated with vetting practices. They target larger |
| only required because early lustration was not tried or failed because of poor policy development. The evidence is inconclusive. What is demonstrated by the waves of late lustration sweeping the region from Macedonia and Slovenia to Latvia and Slovakia is that late lustration is better than no lustration. The politics of memory literature has emphasized how collective memory in social public and cultural terms haunts the present (Cioflanca 2002). This is no where more true than in the post- |
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