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Elections and parties in new European democracies / Richard Rose and Neil Munro.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rose, Richard, 1933-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Elections--Europe, Eastern.
- Elections.
- Representative government and representation.
- Eastern Europe.
- Elections--Europe, Eastern--Case studies.
- Political parties--Europe, Eastern.
- Political parties.
- Representative government and representation--Europe, Eastern.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, [2003]
- Contents:
- Part One: the framework of competition. Elite supply and popular demands: an interactive model
- Democratization backwards-and in a hurry
- Understanding election outcomes
- Electoral systems compared
- Electing representatives
- Choosing a president
- Effects of electoral systems
- Parties without civil society
- A big supply of parties
- A variety of party appeals
- Fragmented, multi-dimensional party systems
- Voters without trust
- A legacy of distrust
- Political values without parties
- Clear-cut and fuzzy-focus outlooks
- Competition without institutionalization
- Institutionalization in theory
- Stable election laws
- Floating systems of parties
- An indefinite disequilibrium
- Part Two: national election results. Conventions in reporting results
- Bulgaria
- Czechoslovakia
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
- Estonia
- Hungary
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Slovenia.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1568028083
- OCLC:
- 52079699
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