LEADER 03215nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910452969603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4422-1600-X 010 $a1-299-14650-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000001004921 035 $a(EBL)1120197 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000821749 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11444483 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000821749 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10879675 035 $a(PQKB)10982309 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1120197 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1120197 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10655629 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL445900 035 $a(OCoLC)830021342 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001004921 100 $a20130129d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCrafting democracy$b[electronic resource] $eregional politics in post-communist Europe /$fJennifer A. Yoder 210 $aLanham, Md. $cRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4422-1598-4 311 $a1-4422-1599-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. A Framework for Understanding Region Building in Post-communist Europe; Chapter Two. Poland: The Leader of the Pack; Chapter Three. The Czech Republic: Reluctant Regionalization; Chapter Four. Slovakia: Belated and Incomplete Regionalization; Chapter Five. Hungary: The Exceptional Case?; Conclusion; Appendix A. Snapshots of Regionalization in Western Europe; Appendix B. The ECE Regions in the EU; Appendix C. Voter Turnout for Regional and National Elections; Appendix D. Election Outcomes by Region and Year 327 $aBibliographyIndex; About the Author 330 $aA decade after the fall of the Iron Curtain and the beginning of democratization and marketization in East Central Europe, a handful of countries introduced territorial and administrative reforms and created regional "self-governments": autonomous subnational-level assemblies elected by universal suffrage. This comparative study of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary explores the reasons for these reforms and their consequences for post-communist democracies. In the context of the long-standing development of regions in Western Europe, Jennifer A. Yoder argues t 606 $aPost-communism$zEurope, Eastern 606 $aRegional planning$zEurope, Eastern 606 $aPost-communism$zEurope, Central 606 $aRegional planning$zEurope, Central 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xPolitics and government$y1989- 607 $aEurope, Central$xPolitics and government$y1989- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPost-communism 615 0$aRegional planning 615 0$aPost-communism 615 0$aRegional planning 676 $a320.947 700 $aYoder$b Jennifer A$0968192 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452969603321 996 $aCrafting democracy$92199066 997 $aUNINA