1st Edition
The Criminalisation of Communism in the European Political Space after the Cold War
Introduction: The Transnational Dimension of Political Struggles over the Communist Past Part I: Parliamentary Consecration of the Anti-Communist Grammar 1. Anti-Communist Memory Entrepreneurs in the European Assemblies 2. Putting Communism on the Agenda at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 3. Extending the Anti-Communist Struggle to the European Parliament Part II: Anti-Communist Mobilisations beyond Transnational Assemblies 4. The Limited Convertibility of Anti-Communist Parliamentary Resolutions 5. Remembrance as a Substitute for Justice: The ‘Europe for Citizens’ Programme 6. Advocating the Cause of the Victims of Communism, Conclusion
Biography
Laure Neumayer is Assistant Professor of Political Science at University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne and Researcher at CESSP laboratory (CNRS), France. She has co-edited the book History, Memory and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe – Memory Games (2013).
