She uses this data to understand the puzzles regarding the transitions from communist regimes in mainly Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. Again, her conclusions in this case are not as important as to whether they further predictability in comparative politics. Nalepa’s focus concerns how and why there were peaceful transitions away from communism in a process called lustration: the revealing of public figures’ communist pasts (Nalepa 4). Through both scientific and theoretical models, Nalepa concludes that careful calculations brought on by fear of punishment and retribution for past actions inspired these transitions these (Nalepa 206). Nalepa proposes that her empirical models have broader applications, even beyond regime transitions (Nalepa 215). Despite a definite conclusion, Nalepa claimed her model was also applicable in other aspects of comparative politics. Like Albertus, her conclusions seem “clock-like” in nature, but are, rather, more “cloud-like” than
She uses this data to understand the puzzles regarding the transitions from communist regimes in mainly Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. Again, her conclusions in this case are not as important as to whether they further predictability in comparative politics. Nalepa’s focus concerns how and why there were peaceful transitions away from communism in a process called lustration: the revealing of public figures’ communist pasts (Nalepa 4). Through both scientific and theoretical models, Nalepa concludes that careful calculations brought on by fear of punishment and retribution for past actions inspired these transitions these (Nalepa 206). Nalepa proposes that her empirical models have broader applications, even beyond regime transitions (Nalepa 215). Despite a definite conclusion, Nalepa claimed her model was also applicable in other aspects of comparative politics. Like Albertus, her conclusions seem “clock-like” in nature, but are, rather, more “cloud-like” than