Developments in Central and East European Politics 4Stephen White, Judy Batt, Paul G. Lewis Duke University Press, 2007 - 310 pages The face of Central and Eastern Europe has been dramatically transformed since the collapse of communism. The region faces new challenges, including the needs to find a balance between effective leadership and accountability and to reverse the economic decline of the late communist years. Addressing these concerns and others, Developments in Central and East European Politics 4 brings together specially commissioned chapters by leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic. The chapters, all of which are new to this edition, focus on key features of the political systems that have emerged following the transition to postcommunist rule and the enlargement of the European Union through 2006. Full attention is given to the pattern of events in individual nations, but the main emphasis is on the framework of politics across the region--constitutions, leadership, parliaments, parties, and electoral systems--and the process of politics, as it is revealed in political participation, civil society, economic change, and the quality of democratic government within and beyond the region. Clearly written and well supported with references and suggestions for further reading, Developments in Central and East European Politics 4 is the ideal guide to the process of change in a group of states that were formerly modeled on the Soviet Union but are now a distinctive and varied presence within a continent that has been redefining its boundaries, its values, its economic systems, and its international allegiances. Contributors. Judy Batt, Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Sarah Birch, Heather Grabbe, Tim Haughton, Krzysztof Jasiewicz, Petr Kopecký, Paul G. Lewis, Frances Millard, Cas Mudde, D. Mario Nuti, Mark Pittaway, Ray Taras, Stephen White, Andrew Wilson, Kataryna Wolczuk |
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... and non - democracies 266 Evaluating ' good governance ' 270 Socio - economic performance Conclusion Guide to Further Reading Bibliography Index 272 272 276 282 308 List of Tables and Figures Tables 1.1 Major languages spoken viii Contents.
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Contents
Defining Central and Eastern Europe | 1 |
From Communist to PostCommunist Politics | 20 |
2 | 27 |
3 | 36 |
Political parties and party systems | 42 |
The voters and the public | 51 |
Meeting the challenges of postcommunism | 57 |
energy security and terrorism | 69 |
Electoral Systems | 161 |
Electoral system effects in Central and Eastern Europe | 169 |
Structure and organization | 180 |
Europeanization and the CEE party spectrum | 186 |
Conclusion | 192 |
Elections and voting behaviour | 200 |
Membership in political organizations | 207 |
Civil Society | 213 |
The impact of political culture 74 80 2 | 74 |
transition in wartorn societies | 85 |
The development of political systems | 93 |
Current issues | 104 |
Central and Eastern Europe and the EU | 110 |
the potentially transformative effect | 117 |
What happens after accession? | 123 |
The preference for mixed political systems | 130 |
The background of Central and Eastern European leaders | 139 |
Structures of Representation | 145 |
Executivelegislative relations | 153 |
Conclusion | 159 |
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