Raymond Taras (ed.)

Postcommunist Presidents

Herausgeber: Taras, Ray; Taras, Raymond

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book, first published in 1997, offers a comparative analysis of the role of presidents in postcommunist states.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 537g
• ISBN-13: 9780521582827
• ISBN-10: 0521582822
• Artikelnr.: 35686420

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: some thoughts on presidentialism in postcommunist Europe Juan
J. Linz; 1. Separating power: keeping presidents in check Ray Taras; 2.
Russia: presidential leadership under Yeltsin Stephen White; 3. Ukraine:
two presidents and their powers Andrew Wilson; 4. Kazakstan: Nursultan
Nazarbaev as strong president Martha Brill Olcott; 5. Poland: Walesa's
legacy to the presidency Krzysztof Jasiewicz; 6. The Czech Republic: Havel
and the evolution of the presidency since 1989 Sharon L. Wolchik; 7.
Hungary: political transition and executive conflict: the balance or
fragmentation of power Patrick H. O'Neil; 8. Afterword: the making of
postcommunist presidencies Jon Elster.