Party Development and Democratic Change in Post-communist Europe

Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-7146-8174-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 318 g

Reihe: Democratization and Autocratization Studies

This work surveys processes of party development in the context of the ten years of democratic change in post-communist eastern Europe. It examines the capacity of the former ruling parties to attract contemporary voters and their role in contributing to the consolidation of the new democratic regimes.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lewis, Paul G.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Öffentliche Meinung und Umfragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Democratization and political change inpost-communist Eastern Europe, P.G. Lewis; toward a Soviet past or a socialist future? understanding why voters choose communist parties, S. Oates, W.L.Miller and A. Grodeland; successor parties and democratic consolidation in post-communist politics, J. Ishiyama; party system institutionalization in new democracies: Poland - a trend setter with no followers, R. Markowski; the "Professionalization" of party campaigning in post-communist Poland, A. Szczerbiak; party and state in democratic Slovenia, A Krasovec; institutions and party development in the Baltic States, V. Pettai; Slovakia 10 years after the collapse of communist rule, G. Wightman; perspectives on democratic party development in Belarus, E. Korastelava; conservatism and party identity in Eatsern Europe, K. Lok Chan; patterns of Europeanization and transnational party cooperation - party development in Central and Eastern Europe, G. Pridham; conclusion - party development and democratization in Eastern Europe, P.G.Lewis.

Über Autor(innen)

Paul G. Lewis, The Open University.