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The papers that comprise this collection examine the role of
competing European, national, ethnic and regional identities over
the introduction of new regional levels of government in the former
Soviet and now Central and Eastern European states.
The new edition of this market-leading text brings together
specially commissioned chapters by a team of top international
scholars on the changing politics of this diverse region
negotiating the competing pulls of the European Union and
post-communist Russia.
Post-communist state transformations in Central and Eastern Europe
have been accompanied by an upsurge of identity politics as
newly-independent peoples sought to redefine themselves and their
place in Europe.
National unity has proved elusive in practice as new democracies
have debated constitutional and territorial-administrative changes
to prepare for the challenges of "returning to Europe" while at the
same time integrating diverse historical regions and ethnic
minorities.
The case of regional reform and resurgent regional politics
presented in this volume highlight the divergent concepts of
statehood which have emerged as Central and East Europeans struggle
to come to terms with the meaning of their statehood today.
Competing models have been advocated in terms of their perceived
conformity with national or local traditions and wider trends in
modern European governance, but local interests and identities have
challenged this emphasis on the imperatives of sovereignty,
territorial unityand administrative efficiency.
The contributors investigate these pressing issues as new and
tougher controls are enforced at the EU's emerging external
borders, posing fresh challenges to national, regional and minority
identities.
Reconstituting the Market details many transition economies - some
already well known, others enjoying very little attention from
researchers - and a range of important issues to do with state
building and its links with microeconomic transformation. The book
was based on the authors' view that transition in the new states
would be fundamentally more difficult than in more established
states - a view which turned out to be incorrect, since in all the
transition countries the former communist state had to be largely
rebuilt as part of the complex process of constructing a market
economy. Aspects of this process, focusing on competition policy,
privatization, and the regulation of public utilities, are examined
in respect to Central Europe, the Baltics, Russia, Ukraine and
Moldova. The result is essential reading for anyone seeking an
up-to-date account of key transition issues, covering both familiar
and unfamiliar countries.
This fifth edition of "Developments in Central and East European
Politics" maintains the series' status as the most up-to-date and
authoritative guide to political transformations in the region. The
countries that emerged from the collapse of communism between 1989
and 1991 embarked on transitions to democracy and a market economy
that were profoundly affected by developments such as the expansion
of the European Union (EU) and NATO.
Central and East Europe is a large, extremely diverse region,
encompassing full-fledged EU members--the Czech Republic, Hungary,
Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, and Slovakia,
followed later by Bulgaria and Romania--as well as nations of the
Western Balkans that are progressing at various speeds along the EU
path--Croatia, about to join; Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia,
with EU candidate status; and Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and
Kosovo, struggling to keep up. The region also includes the East
European states of Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova. In this
collection, leading authorities examine how these heterogeneous
nations have fared since the collapse of communism. The
contributors look at executive leadership, elections and voter
behavior, parliamentary systems, political parties, citizen
engagement in civil society, the effects of neoliberalism, and the
quality of life in postcommunist democracies. Most of the essays
are new to this edition; the rest have been thoroughly
updated.
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Contributors." Judy Batt, Sarah Birch, Nathaniel Copsey, Terry Cox,
Rick Fawn, Tim Haughton, Krzysztof Jasiewicz, Paul G. Lewis,
Frances Millard, David M. Olson, Mitchell A. Orenstein, Andrew
Roberts, Ray Taras, Stephen White, Andrew Wilson
The face of Central and Eastern Europe has been dramatically
transformed since the collapse of communism. The region faces new
challenges, including the needs to find a balance between effective
leadership and accountability and to reverse the economic decline
of the late communist years. Addressing these concerns and others,
Developments in Central and East European Politics 4 brings
together specially commissioned chapters by leading scholars from
both sides of the Atlantic. The chapters, all of which are new to
this edition, focus on key features of the political systems that
have emerged following the transition to postcommunist rule and the
enlargement of the European Union through 2006. Full attention is
given to the pattern of events in individual nations, but the main
emphasis is on the framework of politics across the
region--constitutions, leadership, parliaments, parties, and
electoral systems--and the process of politics, as it is revealed
in political participation, civil society, economic change, and the
quality of democratic government within and beyond the region.
Clearly written and well supported with references and suggestions
for further reading, Developments in Central and East European
Politics 4 is the ideal guide to the process of change in a group
of states that were formerly modeled on the Soviet Union but are
now a distinctive and varied presence within a continent that has
been redefining its boundaries, its values, its economic systems,
and its international allegiances. Contributors, Judy Batt, Dirk
Berg-Schlosser, Sarah Birch, Heather Grabbe, Tim Haughton,
Krzysztof Jasiewicz, Petr Kopecky, Paul G. Lewis, Frances Millard,
Cas Mudde, D.Mario Nuti, Mark Pittaway, Ray Taras, Stephen White,
Andrew Wilson, Kataryna Wolczuk
The face of Central and Eastern Europe has been dramatically
transformed since the collapse of communism. The region faces new
challenges, including the needs to find a balance between effective
leadership and accountability and to reverse the economic decline
of the late communist years. Addressing these concerns and others,
Developments in Central and East European Politics 4 brings
together specially commissioned chapters by leading scholars from
both sides of the Atlantic. The chapters, all of which are new to
this edition, focus on key features of the political systems that
have emerged following the transition to postcommunist rule and the
enlargement of the European Union through 2006. Full attention is
given to the pattern of events in individual nations, but the main
emphasis is on the framework of politics across the
region--constitutions, leadership, parliaments, parties, and
electoral systems--and the process of politics, as it is revealed
in political participation, civil society, economic change, and the
quality of democratic government within and beyond the region.
Clearly written and well supported with references and suggestions
for further reading, Developments in Central and East European
Politics 4 is the ideal guide to the process of change in a group
of states that were formerly modeled on the Soviet Union but are
now a distinctive and varied presence within a continent that has
been redefining its boundaries, its values, its economic systems,
and its international allegiances. Contributors, Judy Batt, Dirk
Berg-Schlosser, Sarah Birch, Heather Grabbe, Tim Haughton,
Krzysztof Jasiewicz, Petr Kopecky, Paul G. Lewis, Frances Millard,
Cas Mudde, D.Mario Nuti, Mark Pittaway, Ray Taras, Stephen White,
Andrew Wilson, Kataryna Wolczuk
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