competition, representation, and inter-party cooperation /
First Statement of Responsibility
Herbert Kitschelt [and others]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiv, 457 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Cambridge studies in comparative politics
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-447) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Historical legacies and strategies of democratization : pathways toward post-communist polities -- The quality of post-communist democracy : patterns of party competition, representation, and inter-party collaboration -- From communist rule to democracy : four Central and East European countries -- Empirical research strategy -- Programmatic citizen-elite linkage strategies across post-communist polities -- Linkage strategies within party systems : diversity among parties -- Political divides and alignments : the politicians' perspective -- Electoral constituency alignments : emerging political cleavages? -- Political representation -- The governability of post-communist democracies : coalition politics between passions and policy interests -- The diversity of post-communist democratic governance
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Post-Communist Party Systems examines democratic party competition in four post-communist polities in the mid-1990s: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. Legacies of pre-communist rule turn out to play as much a role in accounting for differences as the institutional diversity 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."--Jacket