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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... Balkans ' is a term invented in 1999 by the EU to cover the heterogeneous group of countries that it had decided to ... Balkans , and at the Thessaloniki European Council in June 2003 made an unambiguous commitment : ' The future of the ...
... Balkans ' label with its negative associations , made strenuous efforts to distance itself from the region and , after 2000 , accelerated domestic reforms so that by 2006 it was judged ready to begin ... Balkans region The Western Balkans 73.
... Balkans show high levels of popular support for European integration , fluctuating between 60 and 85 per cent , comparable to that in Central Europe ( at least , before the sobering ... Balkans ' cultural diffi- The Western Balkans 75.
Contents
From Communist to PostCommunist Politics | 20 |
The collapse of communist rule | 26 |
The challenge of postcommunism | 32 |
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