"The face of Central and Eastern Europe has been dramatically transformed since the collapse of communism. The region faces new challenges, including the needs to find a balance between effective leadership and accountability and to reverse the economic decline of the late communist years. Addressing these concerns and others, Developments in Central and East European Politics 4 brings together specially commissioned chapters by leading ..."
"East and Central Europe has experienced dramatic changes since the collapse of communism. This volume brings together specially commissioned chapters by leading authorities to provide a systematic assessment of the continuing evolution of politics and governance across a highly diverse region. As well as chapters on the major countries, there are cross-cutting assessments of constitutional issues, executive leadership, parties and elect ..."
"This fifth edition of Developments in Central and East European Politics maintains the series' status as the most up-to-date and authoritative guide to political transformations in the region. The countries that emerged from the collapse of communism between 1989 and 1991 embarked on transitions to democracy and a market economy that were profoundly affected by developments such as the expansion of the European Union (EU) and NATO.Centr ..."
3(Updated) Developments in Central and East European Politics by StephenWhite, JudyBatt, Paul G. Lewis Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2003 by Duke Univ Pr (Tx) ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-3094-3, ISBN: 0-8223-3094-6
"The face of Central and Eastern Europe has been dramatically transformed since the collapse of communism. The region faces new challenges, including the needs to find a balance between effective leadership and accountability and to reverse the economic decline of the late communist years. Addressing these concerns and others, Developments in Central and East European Politics 4brings together specially commissioned chapters by leading s ..."
"This replacement for "Developments in East European Politics" shifts the focus from the collapse of communism and process of transition to provide a comparative introduction to the emerging new political systems of the region. Like its companion volume on Western Europe, it brings together specially commissioned chapters by leading authorities to provide a tightly integrated introduction to politics, government and policy set in a broad ..."
"Developments in Central and East European Politics 4 brings together specially commissioned chapters by a team of leading international scholars focusing on the key features of the political systems that have emerged following the transition to postcommunist rule and the enlargement of the European Union. Full attention is given to the pattern of events in individual nations, but the main emphasis is on the framework of politics across ..."
"This replacement for "Developments in East European Politics" shifts the focus from the collapse of communism and process of transition to provide a comparative introduction to the emerging new political systems of the region. Like its companion volume on Western Europe, it brings together specially commissioned chapters by leading authorities to provide a tightly integrated introduction to politics, government and policy set in a broad ..."
"Formerly a part of the Soviet empire, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe are now in the process of a complex transition from authoritarianism to more open systems based on political democracy and the market.Developments in East European Politics takes as its starting point the dramatic developments of the late 1980s and early 1990s and the factors that have helped to shape the region as a whole, focusing in detail on the changi ..."
"Eastern Europe is changing dramatically. Communist governments have been replaced, economies are being privatised, older nationalisms are reawakening. Developments in Eastern European Politics provides an analytic guide to the politics of transition, including both country studies and more broadly comparative discussions of leaderships and parties, movements and market reforms, social welfare and international politics. Detailed, up to ..."
"Eastern Europe is changing dramatically. Communist governments have been replaced, economies are being privatised, older nationalisms are reawakening. Developments in Eastern European Politics provides an analytic guide to the politics of transition, including both country studies and more broadly comparative discussions of leaderships and parties, movements and market reforms, social welfare and international politics. Detailed, up to ..."
"The 2010 Czech coalition looked rocky from the start, but Petr Necas survived its
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political leadership in Poland. The most bizarre case was that of Jozef Oleksy,
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"The new edition of this market-leading text brings together specially commissioned chapters by a team of top international scholars on the changing politics of this diverse region negotiating the competing pulls of the European Union and post-communist Russia."
"Schöpflin, George (1993) Politics in Eastern Europe 1945–1992, Oxford:
Blackwell. Schöpflin, George and Wood, Nancy (eds) (1989) In Search of Central
Europe, Cambridge: Polity. Seroka, Jim (1988) 'The Interdependence of
Institutional ..."
"This fifth edition of Developments in Central and East European Politics maintains the series' status as the most up-to-date and authoritative guide to political transformations in the region. The countries that emerged from the collapse of communism between 1989 and 1991 embarked on transitions to democracy and a market economy that were profoundly affected by developments such as the expansion of the European Union (EU) and NATO.Centr ..."
"East and Central Europe has experienced dramatic changes since the collapse of communism. This volume brings together specially commissioned chapters by leading authorities to provide a systematic assessment of the continuing evolution of politics and governance across a highly diverse region. As well as chapters on the major countries, there are cross-cutting assessments of constitutional issues, executive leadership, parties and elect ..."
"This replacement for "Developments in East European Politics" shifts the focus from the collapse of communism and process of transition to provide a comparative introduction to the emerging new political systems of the region. Like its companion volume on Western Europe, it brings together specially commissioned chapters by leading authorities to provide a tightly integrated introduction to politics, government and policy set in a broad ..."