Political Parties in Post-Communist Eastern Europe is the first textbook to survey the course
of party developments in eastern Europe as a whole in the post-Communist period. This …

What has become of the Communist parties that once held monopoly power in the east
bloc? A decade ago, it was assumed that they would dissolve, but many of them have …

Seit den 50er Jahren haben die ideologischen Massenparteien sich in Volksparteien
gewandelt. Nach einer kurzen Welle der Reideologisierung in den 60er und 70er Jahren …

Scholarship on East European politics expects that party competition in the region is
determined by various communist legacies, juxtaposing state-centric authoritarianism to a …

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; …

IN ELECTORAL TERMS the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) has been
Slovakia's most successful party since its formation in 1991. The clear winner of the June …

This book considers the emergence of centre right parties in Eastern Europe following the
fall of communism, focusing primarily on the case of the Czech Republic. Although the …

Introduction Slovakia's road to consolidated democracy has not been straightforward.
Following the 'Velvet Revolution'of November 1989, a multi-party parliamentary democracy …

The political arena in Bulgaria has witnessed cyclical waves of populism since the break-up
of bi-polar competition in 2001. The cyclical rise in demand for 'hard'and 'soft'versions of …

Most of the literature on communist-successor parties has focused on their successful return
to power in Central and Eastern Europe in the 1990s. This article aims to contribute to the …