Richard Rose, William Mishler, Christian Haerpfer

Democracy and Its Alternatives: Understanding Post-Communist Societies

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Produktbeschreibung

The collapse of communism has created the opportunity for democracy to spread from Prague to the Baltic and the Black seas. But the alternatives - dictatorship or totalitarian rule - are more in keeping with the traditions of Central and Eastern Europe.

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Produktdetails

• Understanding Post-Communist S
• Verlag: Polity Press
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9780745619279
• ISBN-10: 0745619274
• Artikelnr.: 23414854

Autorenporträt

Richard Rose is Director, Centre for the Study of Public Policy, at the University of Strathclyde. William Mishler is Professor of Political Science, at the University of Arizona. Christian Haerpfer is Scientific Director, at the Paul Lazarsfeld Society, Vienna.

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables and figures.
Part I: Competing Claims for Popular Support: .
1. Competition between Regimes: A Problem of Supply and Demand.
2. Democracy and Undemocratic Alternatives.
3. Uncertain Dynamics of Democratization.
4. Comparing and Contrasting Post-Communist Societies.
Part II: Mass Response to Transformation:.
5. Popular Support for Competing Regimes.
6. Impact of Social Structure Old and New.
7. Political Legacies and Performance.
8. Reacting to Economic Transformation.
9. How Much do Context, Countries and Sequence Matter?.
10. Completing Democracy?.
Appendices.
References.
Index.