1st Edition
Political Parties and the State in Post-Communist Europe
Edited By Petr Kopecky
Copyright 2008
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
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It is not possible to understand the nature and functioning of post-communist political parties without understanding their relationship with the state. On the one hand, few parties in the region would be able to survive and perform without state resources as they lack strong roots within the wider society. On the other hand, the relatively weak states inherited from the communist period offer... Read more
Introduction1. Political Parties and the State in Post-Communist Europe: The Nature of Symbiosis2. The Rise of the Partisan State? Parties, Patronage and the Ministerial Bureaucracy in Hungary3. State Party Funding and Patronage in Post-1989 Poland4. Bratislava, Powered by the State: The Role of Public Resources in Party-Building in Slovakia5. From Private Organizations to Democratic Infrastructure: Political Parties and the State in Estonia6. The Influence of Party Patronage and State Finance on Electoral Outcomes: Evidence from Romania7. Managing Democracy: Political Parties and the State in Russia
Biography
Petr Kopecky
"Based on extensive and detailed empirical analysis and written with clarity and precision, Political Parties and the State in Postcommunist Europe enhances our understanding of the relationship between political parties and the state in Central and Eastern Europe. Its publication is very much to be welcomed." - Slavonic and East European Review, vol. 89, no. 1, January 2011
