Cleavages, parties, and voters : studies from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania / edited by Kay Lawson, Andrea Römmele, and Georgi Karasimeonov.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lawson, Kay.

Römmele, Andrea, 1967-

Karasimeonov, Georgi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--Europe, Eastern.

Political parties.

Elections.

Eastern Europe.

Political parties--Europe, Central.

Elections--Europe, Eastern.

Elections--Europe, Central.

Central Europe.

Physical Description:

xii, 288 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1999.

Summary:

Examines the backgrounds and current development of political parties in post-Cold War Central Europe.

Contents:

1. Cleavage Structures and Party Systems in East and Central Europe / Andrea Rommele 3

2. Cleavages, Parties, and Voters / Kay Lawson 19

Part II Cleavages and Parties prior to 1989

3. Between Democracy and Authoritarianism in Bulgaria / Georgi Karasimeonov 37

4. Cleavages and Parties prior to 1989 in the Czech Republic / Lubomir Brokl 47

5. Hungarian Cleavages and Parties prior to 1989 / Gyorgy G. Markus 61

6. Parties, Party Systems, and Cleavages in Poland: 1918-1989 / Hieronim Kubiak 77

7. Romania: Cleavages and Parties before 1989 / Petre Datculescu 93

Part III Cleavages and Parties after 1989

8. Past and New Cleavages in Post-Communist Bulgaria / Georgi Karasimeonov 109

9. Czech Political Parties and Cleavages after 1989 / Josef Blahoz, Lubomir Brokl, Zdenka Mansfeldova 123

10. Cleavages and Parties in Hungary after 1989 / Gyorgy G. Markus 141

11. Political Parties and Cleavage Crystallization in Poland, 1989-1993 / Jerzy J. Wiatr 159

12. Romania: Parties and Issues after 1989 / Petre Datculescu 169

Part IV How the Voters Respond

13. How the Voters Respond in Bulgaria / Vladimir Shopov 187

14. How the Voters Respond in the Czech Republic / Lubomir Brokl, Zdenka Mansfeldova 203

15. Cleavages and Spaces of Competition in Hungary / Janos Simon 215

16. How the Voters Respond: Poland / Jacek Raciborski 239

17. Patterns of Voter Alignments in Present-Day Romania / Petre Datculescu 261.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-277) and index.

ISBN:

0275955893

OCLC:

39747073