LEADER 03031oam 2200601I 450 001 9910973513003321 005 20251117081359.0 010 $a1-315-49872-3 010 $a1-315-49873-1 010 $a1-315-49871-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315498737 035 $a(CKB)3710000000748769 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4586840 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4586840 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11235167 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL938145 035 $a(OCoLC)953604147 035 $a(OCoLC)956466830 035 $a(BIP)63358831 035 $a(BIP)7641049 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000748769 100 $a20180706e20152002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aBeyond post-communist studies $epolitical science and the new democracies of Europe /$fTerry D. Clark 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (152 pages) $cillustrations 300 $a"First published 2002 by M.E. Sharpe"--t.p. verso. 311 08$a0-7656-0981-9 311 08$a0-7656-0980-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $ach. 1. Going beyond post-communist studies -- ch. 2. The study of post-communist politics -- ch. 3. The missing agenda -- ch. 4. Reformulating democratic consolidation -- ch. 5. Imagining post-consolidation studies -- ch. 6. Further extending the post-consolidation agenda -- ch. 7. Some further theoretical considerations. 330 $aThis book makes the case that several East Central European countries have emerged as fully consolidated democracies. As such, they may be integrated into the mainstream of political science research, and not consigned forever to a transitional category encompassing countries that are now fully democracies as well as some that are not democratic at all. The author outlines the steps of another transition - from post-communist studies to political science research. He demonstrates how institutionalist, or rational choice, theories can be applied to the analysis of political processes in the successfully democratized countries, and proposes a new research agenda for political scientists studying the region. The results of this work can enrich political science as well as our understanding of both democracy and the polities of contemporary Eastern Europe. 606 $aNew democracies$zEurope, Eastern 606 $aPost-communism 606 $aPolitical science$xStudy and teaching 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xPolitics and government$y1989- 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xResearch 615 0$aNew democracies 615 0$aPost-communism. 615 0$aPolitical science$xStudy and teaching. 676 $a320.947 700 $aClark$b Terry D$g(Terry Dee),$f1951-$0896189 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973513003321 996 $aBeyond post-communist studies$94468301 997 $aUNINA