Democracy and its alternatives
Subtitle: understanding post-communist societies
By: Richard Rose, William Mishler, and Christian Haerpfer.
Contributors: Mishler, William, 1947-; Haerpfer, Christian W., 1952-
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Democracy -- Europe, Eastern.; Democracy -- Former Soviet republics.; Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern.; Post-communism -- Former Soviet republics.; Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989-; Former Soviet republics -- Politics and government.
Description: While most recent books on democratization focus on Latin America and, to some extent, Asia, the present volume offers a unique look at the process currently under way in nine eastern European countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Belarus, and Ukraine.

Despite the many problems these post-Communist societies are experiencing in making the transition to a more open and democratic polity, the authors conclude that a little democracy is better than no democracy at all.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.