List of Tables and Figures  ix

Preface  xi

Notes on the Contributors  xiii

List of Abbreviations  xvii

Map of Europe  xx

1 Introduction: Defining Central and Eastern Europe / Judy Batt  1

2 From Communist to Post-Communist Politics / Mark Pittaway  20

3 The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland / Frances Millard  37

4 The Other New Europeans / Tim Haughton  56

5 The Western Balkans / Judy Batt  72

6 The East Europeans: Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova / Andrew Wilson  90

7 Central and Eastern Europe and the EU / Heather Grabbe  110

8 Executive Leadership / Ray Taras  127

9 Structures of Representation / Petr Kopecky  145

10 Electoral Systems / Sarah Birch  161

11 Political Parties / Paul G. Lewis  174

12 Citizens and Politics / Krzysztof Jasiewicz  193

13 Civil Society / Cas Mudde  213

14 Constitutional Politics / Kataryna Wolczuk  229

15 Managing Transition Economies / D. Mario Nuti  245

16 The Quality of Post-Communist Democracy / Dirk Berg-Schlosser  264

Guide to Further Reading  276

Bibliography  282

Index  308

Paul G. Lewis

Jim Seroka

Stephen White

John D. Bell

Chris Corrin

Bob Deacon

Jan Ake Dellenbrant

Judy Dempsey

Krzysztof Jasiewicz

David S. Mason

George Schopflin

Nigel Swain

Ray Taras

Gordon Wightman

“Recommended. Genderal readers and all undergraduates.”—R.P. Peters, Choice

“[O]ne of the key strengths of the Developments series has been the regular publication of updated and revised new editions. . . . Developments in Central and East European Politics 4 is, as ever, a well written and accessible collection well suited to the needs of teaching and, in particular, to courses dealing with politics across post-communist Europe in broad comparative terms. . . . For academic readers, the evolving content and coverage of the DCEEP series thus throws into sharp relief many current dilemmas about how to frame research on the former communist ‘Eastern Europe’ and integrate it into European comparative politics more generally.”—Sean Hanley, Europe-Asia Studies

Praise for Developments in Central and East European Politics 3
“The agile fine-tuning of [the book’s] editors pulls all the material together into a highly readable presentation that suits the need of students with little or no prior knowledge about the region, who are learning for the first time about the complexities of postcommunist development in the many countries that now comprise the central and east European region.”—Minton F. Goldman, Slavic Review

“Recommended. Genderal readers and all undergraduates.”—R.P. Peters, Choice

“[O]ne of the key strengths of the Developments series has been the regular publication of updated and revised new editions. . . . Developments in Central and East European Politics 4 is, as ever, a well written and accessible collection well suited to the needs of teaching and, in particular, to courses dealing with politics across post-communist Europe in broad comparative terms. . . . For academic readers, the evolving content and coverage of the DCEEP series thus throws into sharp relief many current dilemmas about how to frame research on the former communist ‘Eastern Europe’ and integrate it into European comparative politics more generally.”—Sean Hanley, Europe-Asia Studies

Praise for Developments in Central and East European Politics 3
“The agile fine-tuning of [the book’s] editors pulls all the material together into a highly readable presentation that suits the need of students with little or no prior knowledge about the region, who are learning for the first time about the complexities of postcommunist development in the many countries that now comprise the central and east European region.”—Minton F. Goldman, Slavic Review

Praise for Developments in Central and East European Politics 3
“The agile fine-tuning of [the book’s] editors pulls all the material together into a highly readable presentation that suits the need of students with little or no prior knowledge about the region, who are learning for the first time about the complexities of postcommunist development in the many countries that now comprise the central and east European region.”—Minton F. Goldman, Slavic Review

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