The Premature Senility of the Young Democracies
Title | The Premature Senility of the Young Democracies PDF eBook |
Author | Attila Ágh |
Publisher | |
Pages | 25 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Democracy |
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Stabilising Fragile Democracies
Title | Stabilising Fragile Democracies PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Lewis |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2002-11 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1134815964 |
The first book to provide a systematic comparison of the democratic transitions in both Eastern and Southern Europe, covering Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Hungary, Romania, Poland and Bulgaria.
Institutional Design in Post-Communist Societies
Title | Institutional Design in Post-Communist Societies PDF eBook |
Author | Jon Elster |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 368 |
Release | 1998-03-28 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780521479318 |
The authors of this book have developed a new and stimulating approach to the analysis of the transitions of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia to democracy and a market economy. They integrate interdisciplinary theoretical work with elaborate empirical data on some of the most challenging events of the twentieth century. Three groups of phenomena and their causal interconnection are explored: the material legacies, constraints, habits and cognitive frameworks inherited from the past; the erratic configuration of new actors, and new spaces for action; and a new institutional order under which agency is institutionalized and the sustainability of institutions is achieved. The book studies the interrelations of national identities, economic interests, and political institutions with the transformation process, concentrating on issues of constitution making, democratic infrastructure, the market economy, and social policy.
Hungary
Title | Hungary PDF eBook |
Author | Terry Cox |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2005-08-08 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1135777926 |
Gábor Bátonyi analyzes Hungary's changing role and geopolitical position in Central Europe in the light of long-term historical developments. The book contains chapters on the country's economics, politics, society and the transition from Communist state to democracy.
National Identity and Democratic Prospects in Socialist China
Title | National Identity and Democratic Prospects in Socialist China PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Friedman |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 420 |
Release | 2016-09-16 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1315286831 |
This analysis of every facet of a national identity makes it less likely that the next great explosion in the Commmunist world - and its consequences - will come as a surprise. It investigates tendencies in China that might lead it down the same path as Russia and Yugoslavia.
The Politics of Central Europe
Title | The Politics of Central Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Attila Ágh |
Publisher | SAGE |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 1998-06-10 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1849206848 |
This book provides a thorough introduction to East Central Europe and its renewed emergence since the momentous changes in the former Soviet bloc. By carefully differentiating between Central Europe, East Central Europe and the Balkans, Attila [ac]Agh shows how the term `Eastern Europe′ was a political misnomer of the Cold War. Drawing on theories of democratization to develop a common conceptual and theoretical framework, this textbook is the first to place the political and social changes of this complex region in a genuinely comparative perspective. Through broad thematic sections the student is shown how to distinguish between processes of democratization and redemocratization, transition and transformation and is introduced to the important issues of Europeanization, nation-building, institutionalization, parties and political culture. Illustrated throughout with chronological charts and the latest data analysis, this is an invaluable guide to the emerging political systems and their future prospects at the core of the new Europe.
Journal of Theoretical Politics
Title | Journal of Theoretical Politics PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1230 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Political science |
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