The Politics of Central EuropeThis book provides a thorough introduction to East Central Europe and its renewed emergence since the momentous changes in the former Soviet bloc. By carefully differentiating between Central Europe, East Central Europe and the Balkans, (ac)Attila Agh shows how the term `Eastern Europe' was a political misnomer of the Cold War. Drawing on theories of democratization to develop a common conceptual and theoretical framework, this textbook is the first to place the political and social changes of this complex region in a genuinely comparative perspective. Through broad thematic sections the student is shown how to distinguish between processes of democratization and redemocratization, transition and transforma |
Contents
AN INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW | 1 |
TRANSFORMATION IN EAST CENTRAL | 24 |
The Triple Transition and Nationbuilding | 49 |
1 | 52 |
15 | 55 |
Chapter 3 | 82 |
Parliamentary | 84 |
Constitutional order and electoral systems | 97 |
56 | 138 |
THE REGIONS IN COMPARATIVE | 140 |
66 | 145 |
Chapter 6 | 164 |
Redemocratization in East Central Europe | 165 |
Democratization in the Balkans | 171 |
Democratization in the Balkans | 183 |
Summary of election results in the Balkans | 192 |
21 | 99 |
Political Culture and Electoral | 101 |
45 | 114 |
The most important political parties of East Central Europe | 126 |
49 | 127 |
52 | 137 |
69 | 193 |
CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES | 202 |
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