Richard Rose is professor and director of the Centre for the Study of Public Policy at the
University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, and a fellow of the British Academy. For three …

Why, in a new African democracy, have citizens passed up opportunities for involvement in
national political life? In explaining low levels of political participation in Zambia, this article …

DEMOCRACY thrives on popular support and withers in its absence (Easton 1965). Popular
support not only confers legitimacy on democratic regimes but is also vital to their effective …

The postcommunist regimes in East-Central Europe are confronted with the double
challenge of establishing a democratic order and a market economy. The book discusses …

This article focuses on the development and “success” of the ex-communist parties in
Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. It begins by testing the effects of several …

Die Lănder Mittel-und Osteuropas vollziehen seit 1989 einen geseIlschaftlichen
TransformationsprozeB, ftir den es kein historisches Vorbild gibt. Der institutionelle Umbruch …

The collapse of communism was widely heralded as the dawn of democracy across the
former Soviet region. However, the political outcome has been much less uniform. The post …

This title was first published in 2001. Based on a unique set of structured interviews with
parliamentarians and additional interviews with party leaders and activists, this significant …

While the moral aspect of the ongoing transition to capitalism in Eastern Europe is largely
ignored, rapidly growing numbers of those who analyze institutions of modern capitalism …

One area which has been generally overlooked in the literature on institutional choice in
post communist politics has been the design of judicial institutions. This paper seeks to …