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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827741403321

Autore

Agh Attila

Titolo

The politics of Central Europe / / Attila Agh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, CA, : Sage, 1998

ISBN

1-4462-7925-1

0-7619-5031-1

1-282-26280-7

9786612262807

1-84920-684-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 244 pages)

Collana

Sage politics texts

Disciplina

320.947

Soggetti

Post-communism - Europe, Eastern

Post-communism - Europe, Central

Democratization - Europe, Eastern

Democratization - Europe, Central

Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1989-

Europe, Central Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-234) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Summary of Contents; Contents; List of Tables; List of Appendices; List of Chronologies; PART ONE: AN INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW; 1 - The Central European and Balkan Regions in Transition; PART TWO: TRANSFORMATION IN EAST CENTRAL EUROPE AND THE BALKANS; 2 - The Europeanization of Central and Eastern Europe; 3 - The Triple Transition and Nation -Building; 4 - Building Institutional Democracy: Parliamentary and Presidential Systems; 5 - The Role of Political Parties: Political Culture and Electoral Behaviour; PART THREE: THE REGIONS IN COMPARATIVE TRANSITION

6 - Re-democratization in East Central Europe7 - Democratization in the Balkans; PART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES FOR THE FUTURE; 8 - The Future of Democracy in East Central Europe and the Balkans; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a thorough introduction to Central and Eastern



Europe since its emergence from the Soviet bloc. It uses theories of democratization to develop a common conceptual and theoretical framework.