The New Institutional Architecture of Eastern Europe

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Transitions to Liberal Democracy

   • Gordon Smith

   Pages 1-13

3. Bulgaria

   • Richard Crampton

   Pages 14-34

4. Czechoslovakia

   • Judy Batt

   Pages 35-55

5. The East German Legacy

   • Karen Henderson

   Pages 56-78

6. Hungary

   • Bill Lomax

   Pages 79-98

7. Poland

   • George Kolankiewicz

   Pages 99-120

8. Romania

   • Jonathan Eyal

   Pages 121-142

9. Russia

   • Stephen Whitefield

   Pages 143-161

10. Yugoslavia

    • David Dyker

    Pages 162-182

11. The Road from Post Communism

    • George Schopflin

    Pages 183-200

12. Back Matter

    Pages 201-204

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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.

• communism
• constitution
• democracy
• electoral system
• executive
• Institution
• parliament
• russian and post-soviet politics

• School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London, UK

  Stephen Whitefield

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