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

    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 Europe.
    This is an extremely valuable resource and will be useful for all those interested in the European Union, comparative politics and democracy and the Communist legacy. It contains data from Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania the Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.

    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.