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Developments in East European politics
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Developments in East European politics

Author: Stephen White; Judy Batt; Paul G Lewis
Publisher: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1993.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Formerly a part of the Soviet empire, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe are now in the process of a complex transition from authoritarianism to more open systems based on political democracy and the market. Developments in East European Politics takes as its starting point the dramatic developments of the late 1980s and early 1990s and the factors that have helped to shape the region as a whole, focusing in  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Stephen White; Judy Batt; Paul G Lewis
ISBN: 0822314290 9780822314295 0822314355 9780822314356
OCLC Number: 28293380
Description: xiii, 304 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Contents: Eastern Europe after communism / Stephen White -- Culture and identity in post-communist Europe / George Schöpflin -- Poland / David S. Mason -- The Czech and Slovak republics / Gordon Wightman -- Hungary / Nigel Swain -- Bulgaria / John D. Bell -- Yugoslavia and its successor states / Jim Seroka -- Structures of representation / Krzysztof Jasiewicz -- Parties and party systems in Eastern Europe / Jan Ake Dellenbrant -- Leaderships and executives / Ray Taras -- People and politics / Chris Corrin -- The politics of economic transition / Judy Batt -- Social change, social problems and social policy / Bob Deacon -- The comparative politics of Eastern Europe / Daniel N. Nelson -- History, Europe and the politics of the East / Paul G. Lewis -- East European voices / Judy Dempsey.
Responsibility: edited by Stephen White, Judy Batt, Paul G. Lewis.

Abstract:

Formerly a part of the Soviet empire, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe are now in the process of a complex transition from authoritarianism to more open systems based on political democracy and the market. Developments in East European Politics takes as its starting point the dramatic developments of the late 1980s and early 1990s and the factors that have helped to shape the region as a whole, focusing in detail on the changing politics of Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and the successor republics in the former Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia. At the core of the book is a set of comparative chapters considering developments in voting behaviour, the emerging party systems, political leadership and participation, economic reform and social policy in Eastern Europe. The volume concludes with an assessment of the political science of post-communist Eastern Europe, a consideration of its place in the wider world and a presentation of selected voices of the people of Eastern Europe themselves. Written by leading specialists from both sides of the Atlantic, this introductory but authoritative text provides an up-to-date and unrivalled guide to the forces that are reshaping half a continent.

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