The New Institutional Architecture of Eastern Europe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781349230778)

The book is concerned with the formation of new institutions in Eastern Europe following the events of 1989. Two comparative chapters discuss the problems of institution building arising from the communist legacy and the difficulties of a successful transition to liberal democracy. In the remainder of the book, country-specific chapters deal with the institutional characteristics of countries in the region - Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, East Germany. Attention is focused on constitutions, executive and parliament relations, and parties and electoral systems.

Author: Stephen Whitefield
ISBN-10: 1349230774
ISBN-13: 9781349230778
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1993
Pages: 204
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.49d