Democratization in Eastern Europe - 9780415110631

Taylor & Francis

In light of the sudden collape of communist systems in Eastern Europe in 1989-90, this book attempts to explain their democratization from a variety of theoretical perspectives. > \nThis book is an attempt to tackle the problem of democratization in East-Central Europe from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Its contributors look at the process of change within a comparative framework, discussing the emergence of multi-party and new electoral systems, comparing democratic transition in other parts of the world with that of Eastern Europe and analysing that region's relationship with the Soviet Union.\nDemocratization in Eastern Europe will be indespensable to upper-level students of East European Politics, and will also be useful for those with more comparative and theoretical interests. > Introduction, Geoffrey Pridham and Tatu Vanhanen , Part One: Political Change in Historical and Structural Perspective 1. Democractic transitions in theory and practice: Southern Europn