The Politics of Central Europe
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Summary of Contents
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Appendices
- List of Chronologies
- PART ONE: AN INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW
- 1 - The Central European and Balkan Regions in Transition
- PART TWO: TRANSFORMATION IN EAST CENTRAL EUROPE AND THE BALKANS
- 2 - The Europeanization of Central and Eastern Europe
- 3 - The Triple Transition and Nation -Building
- 4 - Building Institutional Democracy: Parliamentary and Presidential Systems
- 5 - The Role of Political Parties: Political Culture and Electoral Behaviour
- PART THREE: THE REGIONS IN COMPARATIVE TRANSITION
- 6 - Re-democratization in East Central Europe
- 7 - Democratization in the Balkans
- PART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES FOR THE FUTURE
- 8 - The Future of Democracy in East Central Europe and the Balkans
- Bibliography
