Parties and elections in new European democracies
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Parties and elections in new European democracies
ECPR Press, 2009
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The abrupt transformation of one-party Communist regimes into political systems holding competitive elections challenges theories of democracy by evolution. Part One develops an inter-active model of how the supply of parties by political elites shapes the responses of inexperienced electors, and what this means for the institutionalisation of party systems and party identification. The model is then applied to elections since 1990 in ten Central and East European democracies that are now members of the European Union. Part Two provides a definitive and up to date text of election results and the formation and disappearance of parties in these ten countries. In addition, there is a lengthy chapter on elections in Russia.
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CONTENTS Preface: Understanding Elections PART ONE: THE FRAMEWORK OF COMPETITION 1. Elite Supply and Mass Response: An Interactive Model Democratization Backwards-and in a Hurry Understanding Election Outcomes 2. Electoral Systems Compared Electing Representatives Effects of Electoral Systems 3. Parties Without Civil Society A Big Supply of Parties Competition Along Multiple Dimensions 4. Voters Without Trust A Legacy of Distrust Political Values Without Parties 5. Competition Without Institutionalization Institutionalization in Theory Stable Election Laws Floating Systems of Parties Institutionalizing an Incomplete Democracy References PART TWO: NATIONAL ELECTION RESULTS Conventions in Reporting Results 6. Bulgaria 7. Czechoslovakia 8. Czech Republic 9. Slovakia 10. Estonia 11. Hungary 12. Latvia 13. Lithuania 14. Poland 15. Romania 16. Slovenia 17. Russia
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