Post-Communist Party Systems Competition, Representation, and Inter-Party Cooperation |
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| Author:
| Kitschelt, Herbert
Mansfeldova, Zdenka
Markowski, Radoslaw
Toka, Gabor |
| Contribution by:
| Bates, Robert H.
Comisso, Ellen
Lange, Peter
Migdal, Joel Samuel
Milner, Helen V. |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-65288-9 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1999 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $102.00 |
Book Description:
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Post-Communist Party Systems examines democratic party competition in four post-communist polities in the mid- 1990's, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Polan d. Legacies of pre-communist rule turn out to play as much a role in accounting for differences as the institutional differences incorporated in the new democratic rules of the game. The book demonstrates various developments within the four countries with regard to different voter appeal of parties, patterns of voter...
More DescriptionPost-Communist Party Systems examines democratic party competition in four post-communist polities in the mid- 1990's, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Polan d. Legacies of pre-communist rule turn out to play as much a role in accounting for differences as the institutional differences incorporated in the new democratic rules of the game. The book demonstrates various developments within the four countries with regard to different voter appeal of parties, patterns of voter representation, and dispositions to join other parties in legislative or executive alliances. The authors also present interesting avenues of comparison for broader sets of countries.