Twenty years of post-communist democratic transition have resulted in turbulent changes of
the party landscape of Central and Eastern Europe In his prophetic contribution, Mair3 has …

The political constraints created by dismantling central planning and more recently by
fulfilling membership criteria for the European Union present eastern European politicians …

Almost two decades have passed since the 'Third Wave'of democratisation brought new
democracies into being in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). In their constitutional order …

After the EU's Eastern enlargement of 2004, it became clear that some of the reform in the
former candidate countries resembled a Potemkin village: behind a gleaming façade …

Developments in Central and East European Politics 4 brings together specially
commissioned chapters by a team of leading international scholars focusing on the key …

Two decades after the collapse of communism, Central and East European countries have
come a long way towards liberal democracy and stable party systems, confounding …

Party System Closure maps trends in interparty relations in Europe from 1848 until 2019. It
investigates how the length of democratic experience, the institutionalization of individual …

Political parties are seen as hallmarks of democracy. They structure electoral competition by
bringing order and coherence to public orientations, facilitate integration into the political …

The actual role that parties fulfill in the region is hotly debated, however. Some authors
include parties among the chief agents of the transition and consolidation (eg, Ágh, 1998a; …