This volume contains chapters on Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine, plus three chapters on Russia's regional politics, its political parties, and the overall process of democratization. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the uneven pattern of political change in these four countries.
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"The chapter by Dawisha...is of utmost interest to anyone studying the theory of comparative politics....The complicated processes in Moldova are expertly described with the help of an astonishing wealth of hard facts." Choice
"This book will be of great interest to those concerned with the issue of processes of democratization in postcommunist states." John B. Dunlop, Slavic Review
"This book will be of great interest to those concerned with the issue of processes of democratization in postcommunist states." John B. Dunlop, Slavic Review
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This book brings together distinguished specialists on the former communist countries of Russia and the Western Newly Independent States. Chapters on Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine, plus three chapters on Russia's regional politics, its political parties, and the overall process of democratization, provide an in-depth analysis of the uneven pattern of political change in these four countries. Karen Dawisha and Bruce Parrott provide theoretical and comparative chapters on post-communist political development across the region.
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postcommunist political development, oblast duma, separatist crisis, obkom first secretary, political culture theory, postcommunist democratization, postcommunist states, oblast soviets, postcommunist countries, postcommunist politics, centrist bloc, multiple candidacies, industrial directors, presidential representatives, oblast level, postcommunist regimes, strong party system, informal movement, organized political forces, agrarian party, intermediary associations, postcommunist societies, noncommunist countries Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, New York, Supreme Council, Russian Federation, Civic Union, Constitutional Court, Russia's Choice, Democratic Russia, Supreme Soviet, Cambridge University Press, Central Europe, East European, United States, Congress of People's Deputies, Princeton University Press, Research Report, Latin America, New Haven, Socialist Party, Yale University Press, World War, Democratic Party of Russia, Journal of Democracy, Michael Urban New!
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