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Communist Politics

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Introduction: The Comparative Study of Communist Politics

    1. Introduction: The Comparative Study of Communist Politics

      • Stephen White, Daniel Nelson
      Pages 1-5
  3. Historical Origins

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-8
    2. The Communist Movement: from Monolith to Polymorph

      • Michael Waller, Bogdan Szajkowski
      Pages 9-24
  4. Structures of Government

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-26
    2. Elections in Communist Party States

      • Alex Pravda
      Pages 27-54
    3. Yugoslavia: Towards Self-Management?

      • Ralph Pervan
      Pages 98-115
  5. The Ruling Parties

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-134
    2. The Polish Party in Crisis, 1980–82

      • David S. Mason
      Pages 157-172
    3. The Communist Party of Cuba since the First Congress

      • William M. Leogrande
      Pages 173-191
  6. Groups and the Policy Process

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-220
    2. Interest Groups and Communist Politics Revisited

      • H. Gordon Skilling
      Pages 221-242
    3. The Impact of the Military on Soviet Society

      • Timothy J. Colton
      Pages 243-259
    4. Worker-Party Conflict in Romania

      • Daniel N. Nelson
      Pages 280-291

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Glasgow, UK

    Stephen White

  • University of Kentucky, USA

    Daniel Nelson

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