Politics, Power and the Struggle for Democracy in South-East Europe

by Karen Dawisha (Editor), Bruce Parrott (Editor)

Overview

In this volume, leading specialists on Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia/Montenegro, Albania, Bulgaria, and Romania, examine the challenge of building democracy in countries riven with conflict, and focus on oppositional activity, political cultures that often favor strong presidentialism, the struggle for economic reform, and basic societal trends.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521597333
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	06/13/1997
Series:	Democratization and Authoritarianism in Post-Communist Societies , #2
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.29(h) x 1.42(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: perspectives on postcommunist democratization Bruce Parrott; 2. Democratization and political participation: research concepts and methodologies Karen Dawisha; Part I. The Former Yugoslavia: 3. Embattled democracy: postcommunist Croatia in transition Leonard J. Cohen; 4. Bosnia-Hercegovina: a case of failed democratization Steven L. Burg; 5. A failed transition: the case of Serbia Nicholas J. Miller; 6. Democratization in Slovenia - the second stage Sabrina Petra Ramet; 7. The Republic of Macedonia: finding its way Duncan M. Perry; Part II. Albania, Bulgaria and Romania: 8. The process of democratization in Albania Nicholas Pano; 9. Democratization and political participation in 'postcommunist' Bulgaria John D. Bell; 10. Romanian exceptionalism? Democracy, ethnocracy and emerging pluralism in post-Ceausescu Romania Vladimir Tismaneanu.