Central and East European politics
Subtitle: from communism to democracy
By: edited by Sharon L. Wolchik and Jane Leftwich Curry
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 566
ISBN-13: 9781442224209; 9781442224216; 9781442224223
Subjects: Politics and government; Post-communism; Democracy; North Atlantic Treaty Organization; European Union
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: PART 1. INTRODUCTION; title: Twenty-five years after 1989 : issues in postcommunist Europe / Sharon L. Wolchik and Jane L. Curry; title: PART 2. POLICIES AND ISSUES; title: The political transition / Valerie Bunce; title: Re-creating the market / Sharon Fisher; title: Social aspects of transformation / Alfio Cerami; title: Ethnicity, nationalism, and the expansion of democracy / Zsuzsa Csergo; title: Women's participation in postcommunist politics / Marilyn Rueschemeyer; title: Transitional justice in Central and Eastern Europe / Peter Rožič and Brian Grodsky; title: EU accession and after / Ronald Linden with Shane Killian; title: Security issues : NATO and beyond / Joshua Spero; title: PART 3. CASE STUDIES; title: Poland : the politics of "god's playground" / Jane L. Curry; title: The Czech and Slovak Republics : two paths to the same destination / Sharon L. Wolchik; title: Hungary : from postcommunism to populist nationalism / Federigo Argentieri; title: The Baltic countries : changes and challenges in the new Europe / Daina S. Eglitis; title: Bulgaria : progress and development / Janusz Bugajski; title: Romania : old problems and new challenges / Daniel Brett; title: Albania : the challenges of transition / Elez Biberaj; title: Former Yugoslavia and its successors / Mark Baskin and Paula Pickering; title: Ukraine : leaving the crossroads / Taras Kuzio; title: PART 4. CONCLUSION; title: Twenty-five years after 1989 : a balance sheet / Sharon L. Wolchik and Jane L. Curry.