The Politics of Central Europe

Informationen zum Autor Attila (ac)Agh is Professor and Head of the Political Science Department at the Budapest University of Economics. Klappentext This book provides a thorough introduction to East Central Europe and its renewed emergence since the momentous changes in the former Soviet bloc.By carefully differentiating between Central Europe, East Central Europe and the Balkans, (ac)Attila Agh shows how the term `Eastern Europe' was a political misnomer of the Cold War. Drawing on theories of democratization to develop a common conceptual and theoretical framework, this textbook is the first to place the political and social changes of this complex region in a genuinely comparative perspective. Zusammenfassung This is an introduction to Central and Eastern Europe since its emergence from the Soviet bloc. Using theories of democratization! this book shows how to distinguish between processes of democratization and redemocratization! and introduces the issues of nation building. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: AN INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW The Central European and Balkan Regions in Transition PART TWO: TRANSFORMATION IN EAST CENTRAL EUROPE AND THE BALKANS Europeanization of Central and Eastern Europe The Triple Transition and Nation-Building Building Institutional Democracy Parliamentary and Presidential Systems The Role of Political Parties Political Culture and Electoral Behaviour PART THREE: THE REGIONS IN COMPARATIVE TRANSITION Re-democratization in East Central Europe Democratization in the Balkans PART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES FOR THE FUTURE The Future of Democracy in East Central Europe and the Balkans

Autorentext
Attila (ac)Agh is Professor and Head of the Political Science Department at the Budapest University of Economics.

Klappentext

This book provides a thorough introduction to East Central Europe and its renewed emergence since the momentous changes in the former Soviet bloc.By carefully differentiating between Central Europe, East Central Europe and the Balkans, (ac)Attila Agh shows how the term `Eastern Europe' was a political misnomer of the Cold War. Drawing on theories of democratization to develop a common conceptual and theoretical framework, this textbook is the first to place the political and social changes of this complex region in a genuinely comparative perspective.

Zusammenfassung
This is an introduction to Central and Eastern Europe since its emergence from the Soviet bloc. Using theories of democratization, this book shows how to distinguish between processes of democratization and redemocratization, and introduces the issues of nation building.

Inhalt

PART ONE: AN INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW
The Central European and Balkan Regions in Transition
PART TWO: TRANSFORMATION IN EAST CENTRAL EUROPE AND THE BALKANS
Europeanization of Central and Eastern Europe
The Triple Transition and Nation-Building
Building Institutional Democracy
Parliamentary and Presidential Systems
The Role of Political Parties
Political Culture and Electoral Behaviour
PART THREE: THE REGIONS IN COMPARATIVE TRANSITION
Re-democratization in East Central Europe
Democratization in the Balkans
PART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES FOR THE FUTURE
The Future of Democracy in East Central Europe and the Balkans