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1. Post-Communist Parliaments

   Change and Stability in the Second Decade

   Edited by David M. Olson, Gabriella Ilonszki

   Series: Library of Legislative Studies

   At the end of the "founding" or initial decade, the new parliaments of post-Communist Europe had developed two distinct types: democratic and presidentially-dominated. Whilst in the early years, they had been characterised as "parliaments in adolescence," they have - through the second decade -...

   Published October 11th 2011 by Routledge
2. Post-Communist and Post-Soviet Parliaments

   The Initial Decade

   Edited by Philip Norton, David M. Olson

   Series: Library of Legislative Studies

   The sudden collapse of communism stimulated both the rapid emergence of fledgling democracies and scholarly attention to the post-communist transition. These newly democratized parliaments have been described as "parliaments in adolescence". This book identifies six parliaments which exemplify the...

   Published February 19th 2009 by Routledge
3. The New Parliaments of Central and Eastern Europe

   Edited by Philip Norton, David M. Olson

   What role have parliaments played in the dramatic changes occurring in Eastern and Central Europe? Adopting a common research framework, the contributors analyse in detail the role and operations of parliaments in ten of the new democracies. They focus on what determines their capacity to have some...

   Published April 30th 1996 by Routledge