Beschreibung:
This comprehensive and valuable resource is the first book to survey the course of party developments in eastern Europe as a whole in the post-Communist period. Firmly locating the political changes in eastern Europe in a comparative context, this book relates the specifics of the post-communist situation to the broader picture of the early stages of party development in Western Europe.
List of tables, Preface, 1 Political change in eastern Europe, 2 Party origins and party development, 3 Parties, elections and parliaments, 4 Party organization and institutional development, 5 Party systems and structures of representation, 6 Conclusion: political parties in contemporary eastern Europe, Annex: party profiles, Notes, Bibliography, Index