Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. Personnel Systems and Transitional Justice -- Chapter 1. Personnel Systems and Their Classification -- Chapter 2. The Symbolic Meaning of Personnel Systems -- Part II. Lustration Systems in Central Europe -- Chapter 3. Lustration Systems and Their Operation -- Chapter 4. The Origin of Lustration Systems -- Chapter 5. The Politics of Lustration Systems -- Part III. Experimental Evidence -- Chapter 6. Political Effects: Trust in Government -- Chapter 7. Social Effects: Reconciliation and Collective Memory -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. The Dilemmas of Personnel Systems -- Appendix B. The Experimental Vignette -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.