1st Edition
Democracy and Enlargement in Post-Communist Europe The Democratisation of the General Public in 15 Central and Eastern European Countries, 1991-1998
By Christian W. Haerpfer
Copyright 2002
180 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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Democracy and Enlargement in Post-Communist Europe presents the principal findings of a unique in-depth study of the birth of democracy and the market economy in fifteen post-Communist countries. Haerpfer analyses and compares the information collected by the New Democracies Barometer public opinion surveys to provide an overview of the process of democratization across Central and Eastern... Read more
1. The Concept of Democratization and Democracy2. Nostalgia for the Communist Past and Support for the Restoration of Communism3. The Birth of Democracy4. Social Structure and Democracy5. Economic Well-Being of Households and Democracy6. The Birth of Market Economy and Democracy7. Security and Democracy8. European Identity, Enlargement and Democracy9. Conclusions
Biography
Christian W. Haerpfer is Director of the Centre for Strategic Development at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna and teaches Political Science at the University of Vienna. He is an academic consultant for the European Commission, the British and Romanian Federal Government in Central and Eastern European affairs.
