Parliaments In Transition: The New Legislative Politics In The Former Ussr And Eastern Europe

by Thomas Remington

Overview

This pathbreaking book provides a cross-national exploration of legislative politics in the democratizing societies of Russia, Ukraine, the former Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. Distinguished specialists in legislative politics and area studies set the post-Soviet legislatures in the perspective of democratic and democratizing legislatures elsewhere

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367297725
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/31/2021
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Thomas F. Remington is Professor of Political Science at Emory University. Among his publications are Politics and the Soviet System (1989); The Truth of Authority: Ideology and Communication in the Soviet Union (1988); Building Socialism in Bolshevik Russia: Ideology and Industrial Organization, 1917–1921 (1984); and, with Frederick C. Barghoorn, Politics in the USSR (1986). He has published numerous books and articles dealing with Soviet and post-Soviet politics. His most recent research focuses on the new Russian legislative branch.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Parliamentary Elections and the Transition from Communism — The New Political Leadership of Central Europe: The Example of the New Hungarian National Assembly — Professional Engagement and Role Definition Among Post-Soviet Legislators — Political Cleavages in Yaroslavl Politics — The Sundered State: Federalism and Parliament in Czechoslovakia — Voting Behavior in the Ukrainian Parliament: The Language Factor — Transitional Institutions and Parliamentary Alignments in Russia 1990–1993 — Political Cleavages Among the Russian Deputies — The Current Crisis — Conclusion: Partisan Competition and Democratic Stability