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MacMillan Education UK Developments in Central and East European Politics 5 2013 Edition by Stephen White, Judy Batt
The new edition of this market-leading text brings together specially commissioned chapters by a team of top international scholars on the changing politics of this diverse region negotiating the competing pulls of the European Union and post-communist Russia. Table of contents :- Introduction: Defining Central and Eastern Europe; Judy Batt.- 1. The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland; Frances Millard.- 2. The Other New Europeans; Tim Haughton.- 3. The Western Balkans; Judy Batt.- 4. The East Europeans: Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova; Andrew Wilson.- 5. The EU and Central and East European Politics; Nathaniel Copsey.- 6. The International Transformation and Re-regionalization of Eastern Europe; Rick Fawn.- 7. Executive Leadership; Ray Taras.- 8. Elections and Voters; Sarah Birch.- 9. Representation and Accountability: The Parliaments; David M. Olson.- 10. Political Parties; Paul G. Lewis.- 11. Citizens and Politics; Krzysztof Jasiewicz.- 12. Recovering from Transition in Eastern Europe: Neoliberal Reform in Retrospect; Mitchell A. Orenstein.- 13. Social Change and Social Policy; Terry Cox.- 14. The Quality of Post-Communist Democracy; Andrew Roberts.