It is necessary to begin by saying a few words about three minimal conditions that must
obtain before there can be any possibility of speaking of democratic consolidation. First, in a …

Post-Communist Party Systems examines democratic party competition in four post-
communist polities in the mid-1990's, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Polan d …

Popular trust in social and political institutions is vital to the consolidation of democracy, but
in post-Communist Europe, distrust is the predicted legacy of Communist rule Contrary to …

'Judicial Systems in Transition Economies' looks at the experience of countries in Central
and Eastern Europe and the Baltics (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States …

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 …

Applying a framework derived from comparative politics and IR theory, the authors explore
two sets of empirical cases: the emergence of new nationalisms in old European …

Urban social movements have traditionally been seen as preoccupied with local issues and
as a result have been marginalised in the wider study of social movements. However, the …

This article examines social capital with particular reference to societies where distrust of
institutions has been the norm. The first section describes alternative relationships between …

A stable party system requires people to trust institutions, including parties, but in post-
communist countries people have lived nearly all their lives in a political system that created …