The Politics of Central Europe
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The Politics of Central Europe

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Politics of Central Europe

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Summary of Contents
  3. Contents
  4. List of Tables
  5. List of Appendices
  6. List of Chronologies
  7. PART ONE: AN INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW
  8. 1 - The Central European and Balkan Regions in Transition
  9. PART TWO: TRANSFORMATION IN EAST CENTRAL EUROPE AND THE BALKANS
  10. 2 - The Europeanization of Central and Eastern Europe
  11. 3 - The Triple Transition and Nation -Building
  12. 4 - Building Institutional Democracy: Parliamentary and Presidential Systems
  13. 5 - The Role of Political Parties: Political Culture and Electoral Behaviour
  14. PART THREE: THE REGIONS IN COMPARATIVE TRANSITION
  15. 6 - Re-democratization in East Central Europe
  16. 7 - Democratization in the Balkans
  17. PART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES FOR THE FUTURE
  18. 8 - The Future of Democracy in East Central Europe and the Balkans
  19. Bibliography