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Book SynopsisBased on the findings of a major research project, this book investigates how European societies confront their troubled pasts today. In particular, the text explores what kinds of measures can be taken and which strategies endorsed to facilitate the process of overcoming difficult historic legacies in seven European states: Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Cyprus and Poland. The book is written by an international team of experts and examines strategies and actions in both policy making and civil society of European countries, as well as throughout the EU as a collective.
Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Methodology: From Research Results to Recommendations Part I: Non-EU Member States 3. Bosnia and Herzegovina: from Coexistence to Unresolvable Past? 4. Kosovo: Troubled Past and Its Path to Moving On Part II: EU Member States 5. Germany: The Wall is Dead, Long Live the Wall!? 6. Ireland Beyond Ethnopolitics: Recommendations for all Island Integration 7. Spain: How to Overcome the Polarization about the Conflicts of the Past? 8. Cyprus: The EU's Role in Europe's Last Divided Country 9. Poland: Strategies for Challenging the Growing Dominance of Right-wing Memory Politics 10. The European Union 11. Conclusion
