International scholars have collaborated to produce a volume which examines the first steps in regime change and the opportunities for a successful transition to democracy. As well as examining the creation of new party systems after the end of communist rule in each country, the papers in this volume adopt a comparative perspective which highlights the regional dimension. In particular, the authors place the post-communist experience in the context of the earlier transitions from authoritarian rule in Southern Europe. They discuss whether the experience of Portugal and Spain in the 1970s and Italy in the 1940s might serve as a framework for the analysis of East-Central Europe in the 1990s.
International scholars have collaborated to produce a volume which examines the first steps in regime change and the opportunities for a successful transition to democracy. As well as examining the creation of new party systems after the end of communist rule in each country, the papers in this volume adopt a comparative perspective which highlights the regional dimension. In particular, the authors place the post-communist experience in the context of the earlier transitions from authoritarian rule in Southern Europe. They discuss whether the experience of Portugal and Spain in the 1970s and Italy in the 1940s might serve as a framework for the analysis of East-Central Europe in the 1990s.
PARTY FORMATION IN EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE: Post-Communist Politics in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Bulgaria
296PARTY FORMATION IN EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE: Post-Communist Politics in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Bulgaria
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781858981321 |
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Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Publication date: | 03/01/1995 |
Series: | Studies of Communism in Transition series |
Pages: | 296 |
Product dimensions: | 6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x (d) |