Political parties after communism
Subtitle: developments in East-Central Europe
By: Tomáš Kostelecký.
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press; Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Political parties -- Europe, Eastern.; Representative government and representation -- Europe, Eastern.; Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern.; Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Description: "The core of the work studies three areas: historical and cultural factors, social cleavages, and electoral rules. In general, Kostelecky sees a move toward more organized political parties, greater rational choice and self-interest in voters' decisions, and better-structured, stabler politics.

In other words, East-Central European politics is transforming itself from simply a reaction against the politics of the preceding regime to a situation in which diverse groups in society will find their interests institutionalized in diverse political parties, not unlike the politics of Western Europe."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Reviews the post-communist development of political parties in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.
Table of contents: title: An overview of party development (1850-1989); title: A new day : parties in the post-communist period (1990 to the present); title: The party system : a product of a country's history and culture?; title: The party system : a reflection of social cleavages?; title: The party system : a product of the rules of the game?; title: Political party development in post-communist East-Central Europe : in search of general patterns.