1st Edition
Informal Politics in Post-Communist Europe Political Parties, Clientelism and State Capture
By Michal Klíma
Copyright 2020
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
222 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book offers a fascinating, thought-provoking and ground-breaking study of post-communist political life. It is published just as the countries of Central and Eastern Europe mark thirty years since gaining freedom and have embarked on the path of democracy. This book is one of the first full-length academic works to explore the question of how informal structures, headed by bosses,... Read more
1. Post-communism – Clientelism, Party and State Capture 2. Party Capture: Privatisation 'from Below' 3. Party Capture: Colonisation 'from Above' 4. The Clientelist Party, Clientelist Parliamentarism and Clientelist Regime 5. "Old Parties in New Party Systems?" 6. Conclusion
Biography
Michal Klíma is a professor of political science and currently the Rector of the Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic. He is a frequent commentator on Czech television and has authored several works on issues related to political life in the country and in the post-communist region.
