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 …

Why does political decentralization seem reduce intrastate conflict more in some countries
than in others? This question constitutes the central focus of Peace by Design. Brancati …

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 …

Why has the rate of expansion of postcommunist state administrations varied so widely
among countries that are at comparable stages of economic transition, have similar formal …

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 …

The volatile and unstable party systems in East Central Europe are associated with the
emergence of new parties. However, some such new parties survive and become part of the …

Background More than ten years after the momentous changes in the Czech Republic, the
relevance of political parties for the new political system can be little doubted. Overall, if one …

This study is based on the first stage of research on political change in metropolitan areas in
the Czech Republic, conducted within the framework of the International Metropolitan …

Among the many factors that influence the voting behaviour of individual voters, various
spatial characteristics have repeatedly been cited as important factors. The diverse impacts …