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Democratic Consolidation in East-Central Europe

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Fritz Plasser

    1. University of Innsbruck, Austria

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  2. Peter A. Ulram

    1. Social Research Department, Fessel-GfK, Austria

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  3. Harald Waldrauch

    1. Department of Political Science, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Fritz Plasser, Peter A. Ulram, Harald Waldrauch
    Pages 1-2

  3. The Concept of Consolidation in Regime Change Research

    • Fritz Plasser, Peter A. Ulram, Harald Waldrauch
    Pages 3-56

  4. Consolidation and Comparative Political Culture Research: Some Methodological Considerations

    • Fritz Plasser, Peter A. Ulram, Harald Waldrauch
    Pages 57-71

  5. Attitudes towards the Political System: Conceptions of Democracy and Images of Politics

    • Fritz Plasser, Peter A. Ulram, Harald Waldrauch
    Pages 73-79

  6. Attitudes towards the Political Regime: Satisfaction with Democracy

    • Fritz Plasser, Peter A. Ulram, Harald Waldrauch
    Pages 81-93

  7. Diffuse Support for Democracy

    • Fritz Plasser, Peter A. Ulram, Harald Waldrauch
    Pages 95-119

  8. Evaluation of the Communist Regime

    • Fritz Plasser, Peter A. Ulram, Harald Waldrauch
    Pages 121-126

  9. Political Participation and Integration

    • Fritz Plasser, Peter A. Ulram, Harald Waldrauch
    Pages 127-146

  10. Societal and Political Cleavages

    • Fritz Plasser, Peter A. Ulram, Harald Waldrauch
    Pages 147-163

  11. Attitudes towards Economic Transformation

    • Fritz Plasser, Peter A. Ulram, Harald Waldrauch
    Pages 165-181

  12. Social Consequences and Evaluations of Regime Change

    • Fritz Plasser, Peter A. Ulram, Harald Waldrauch
    Pages 183-188

  13. Consolidation and Differentiation: a Survey of Trend Patterns

    • Fritz Plasser, Peter A. Ulram, Harald Waldrauch
    Pages 189-197

  14. Empirical Sources (1990–1997)

    • Fritz Plasser, Peter A. Ulram, Harald Waldrauch
    Pages 199-207

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 209-251
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The postcommunist regimes in East-Central Europe are confronted with the double challenge of establishing a democratic order and a market economy. The book discusses the concepts of democratic consolidation and analyzes the development of attitudes towards the political and economic system in Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia. The study compares the political values in East-Central Europe with respective attitudes in the USA and Western Europe. Special attention is given to experiences of the consolidation process in Germany, Italy and Austria after 1945 as well as the more recent developments in Latin America and Southern Europe. The final chapter discusses patterns and paths of democratic consolidation in the light of concepts of regime change.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Innsbruck, Austria

    Fritz Plasser

  • Social Research Department, Fessel-GfK, Austria

    Peter A. Ulram

  • Department of Political Science, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria

    Harald Waldrauch

About the authors

FRITZ PLASSER is Professor of Political Science at the University of Innsbruck and Director of the Center for Applied Political Research in Vienna. He has been author, co-author and editor of fourteen books and has written widely on comparative politics and democratic consolidation.

PETER A. ULRAM is Head of Social Research Department (Fessel-GfK Austria) and Euromanager for Social Research (GfK-Europa). He has published widely in the democratic transformation and transition in Eastern Europe, political culture and electoral research.

HARALD WALDRAUCH is a research assistant in political science at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna, Austria. He is currently completing his doctoral research on the relationship of legitimacy, political support and processes of democratic consolidation in post-transitional settings. He is also involved in several research projects on the integration of international migrants.

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