1st Edition

Party Politics in the Western Balkans

Edited By Vera Stojarová, Peter Emerson Copyright 2010
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the development of party politics in the region of Western Balkans, describing party politics and analyzing inter-ethnic or inter-party cooperation and competition. Beginning with a thematic overview of the electoral systems and their link to the party systems, the authors consider the legacy of socialist/communist parties; compare the nationalist parties in the region; and... Read more

Introduction Vera Stojarová  1. Electoral Systems and the Link to Party Systems Peter Emerson and Jakub Šedo  2. Legacy of Communist and Socialist Parties in the Western Balkans Vera Stojarová  3. Nationalist Parties and the Party Systems Vera Stojarová  4. National minorities in the party systems Florian Bieber  5. The Party system of Croatia Jakub Šedo  6. The Party system of Bosnia and Herzegovina Jakub Šedo  7. The Party system of Serbia Daniel Bochsler  8. TheParty system of Montenegro Florian Bieber  9. Regional party systems in Serbia Daniel Bochsler  10. The Party system of Kosovo Vera Stojarová  11.The Party system of Macedonia Jakub Šedo  12. The Party system of Albania Vera Stojarová  Conclusion

Biography

Vera Stojarová works as an Academic Researcher at the Institute for Comparative Political Research in Brno. The field of her professional interest is research on political and party systems in the Balkan countries.

Peter Emerson works as the director of the de Borda Institute, an international NGO which specialises in promoting preference voting, especially in plebiscites on sovereignty. His work abroad has centred on conflict zones in the Balkans, the Caucasus, and East Africa.