Cleavages, Parties, and Voters : Studies from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania (Political Parties in Context)

Book Description
This collection of essays summarizes one of the most fascinating developments of contemporary history: the peaceful revolution of the Central European nations from a long period of authoritarian regimes to Western democracy. It looks at the pre-Communist history of political parties and then examines the extent to which party politics has changed in the post-Cold War world.


About the Author
KAY LAWSON is Professor of Science at San Francisco State University and the Sorbonne. ANDREA ROMMELE is a political scientist with the University of Mannheim. GEORGI KARASIMEONOV is Professor of Political Science at Sofia University in Bulgaria.


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Political analysts in the countries themselves offer 17 studies of how political alignments have changed and continue to change during the political and economic transformation of the region. Without claiming to find definite answers, they identify regularities that can provide insight on such questions as whether the transition is already achieved, whether it a long- term evolution oscillating between ups and downs, and whether the new political culture could fail and collapse to a less flexible and humanitarian policy. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)


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