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List of Tables and Figures | |
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Preface | |
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Notes on the Contributors | |
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List of Abbreviations | |
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Map of Europe | |
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Introduction: Defining Central and Eastern Europe | |
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The 'Lands in Between': a geopolitical predicament | |
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'Catching up' with Europe | |
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Bearing the brunt of European power politics | |
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The 'return to Europe' | |
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The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland | |
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The structures of government | |
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The nature of government | |
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Political parties and party systems | |
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Party evolution: a summary | |
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The voters and the public | |
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Current issues | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Other New Europeans | |
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Meeting the challenges of post-communism | |
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Opportunities and constraints of EU membership | |
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Boom, bailouts and austerity | |
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New versions of old themes | |
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Conclusion: a tale of three elections | |
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The Western Balkans | |
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Political culture shaped by strategic uncertainties | |
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Problematic statehood | |
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Breaking with the past: transition in war-torn societies | |
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Conclusion | |
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The East Europeans: Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova | |
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Background | |
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Minorities and regions | |
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Political systems | |
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Recent political developments in Ukraine: early steps | |
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Politics in Belarus | |
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Politics in Moldova | |
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Conclusion | |
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The EU and Central and East European Politics | |
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'Returning to Europe': European integration in the 1900s and 2000s | |
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The impact of EU membership on public opinion and political parties | |
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The impact of EU membership on political institutions and governance | |
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Impact of the new member states on the EU | |
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Conclusions: have the Central European member states changed the EU? | |
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The International Transformation and Re-regionalizarion of 'Eastern Europe' | |
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Regional state formations in Central and Eastern European after the Cold War | |
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Visigrad | |
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The future orientation of the West Balkans and post-Soviet European states | |
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Conclusion | |
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Executive Leadership | |
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What is the political executive? | |
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The appeal of mixed systems | |
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Executive experimentation | |
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Factors shaping the political executive | |
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The social background of Central and Eastern European leaders | |
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The state machine and executive leadership | |
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Conclusion | |
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Elections and Voters | |
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Elections under communism | |
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Electoral systems | |
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Electoral participation | |
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Vote choice | |
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Conclusion | |
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Representation and Accountability: The Parliaments | |
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Legislatures and transitions | |
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Representation, elections and parties | |
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Political parties from elections to parliaments | |
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The members | |
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Internal organization of parliaments | |
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Activities of parliaments | |
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Legislative-executive relations | |
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Institutionalization and conflict | |
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Political Parties | |
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Origins and evolution of CEE parties | |
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Party organization | |
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Party systems | |
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CEE party politics in comparative context | |
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Citizens and Politics | |
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Mass upheaval | |
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Civil society | |
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Protest politics | |
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Media | |
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Popular attitudes and democratic consolidation | |
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Recovering from Transition in Eastern Europe: Neoliberal Reform in Retrospect | |
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The background | |
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The communist heritage | |
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Neoliberal economic reforms | |
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Examining other factors | |
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Conclusion | |
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Social Change and Social Policy | |
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Social structure of 'state socialism' | |
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Social transformation and social policy | |
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Growing income inequalities | |
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Poverty | |
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The consequences of the global economic crisis | |
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A newly emerging social structure | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Quality of Post-Communist Democracy | |
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A paradox | |
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Quality as procedures: do institutions allow for democracy? | |
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Quality as preconditions: are citizens in a position to make democracy work? | |
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Quality as representation: are citizens actually ruling? | |
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Quality as outcomes: do citizens benefit from democracy? | |
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The past and the future of democratic quality | |
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Guide to Further Reading | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |