Party Development and Democratic Change in Post-Communist Europe

ISBN-13: 9780714681740 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 232 str.

Paul G. Lewis

Opis

Covering 10 years of post-communist political change in eastern Europe, this work 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. Attention is paid to the comparative processes of party development in terms of party activity becoming more professional, aspects of party system institutionalization, major dimensions of institutional and electoral development, and party finances. A range of countries are surveyed to throw light on these processes, and broad analysis conducted on the nature of conservatism in post-communist Europe and the role of transnational party cooperation in fostering processes of Europeanization.

Recenzje

'Enlightening ... one of the strongest features of Lewis's book is the fact that not only well researched parties from the Visegrad countries fall under scrutiny, but also the rather unknown parties from the Baltic states, Slovenia and even Belarus.' - Political Studies