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This book looks at the achievements, problems, and prospects of democratization throughout the countries of East-central Europe, namely, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech and Slovak Republics. The study examines this region both country-wise, and thematically, giving special attention to historical and international factors as well as political parties, civil society, and political culture.
| List of figures and tables | ||
| Notes on contributors | ||
| Preface | ||
| 1 | Comparative reflections on democratisation in East-Central Europe: a model of post-Communist transformation? | 1 |
| 2 | 'Europeanisation' and the limits to democratisation in East-Central Europe | 25 |
| 3 | Rethinking regime-change theory and the international dimension of democratisation: ten years after in East-Central Europe | 54 |
| 4 | Civil society and democratic consolidation in East-Central Europe | 96 |
| 5 | Mainly sunny with scattered clouds: political culture in East-Central Europe | 115 |
| 6 | Parties in the process of consolidation in East-Central Europe | 138 |
| 7 | Early democratic consolidation in Hungary and the Europeanisation of the Hungarian polity | 157 |
| 8 | The development of democratic institutions in post-Communist Poland | 180 |
| 9 | The path to democratic consolidation in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: divergence or convergence? | 205 |
| Index | 238 |
Overview
This book looks at the achievements, problems, and prospects of democratization throughout the countries of East-central Europe, namely, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech and Slovak Republics. The study examines this region both country-wise, and thematically, giving special attention to historical and international factors as well as political parties, civil society, and political culture.