Parties, Trade Unions and Society in East-Central Europe

by Waller, Michael; Myant, Martin R.

• ISBN13: 9780714645834
• ISBN10: 0714645834
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-12-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Originating in a conference hosted by the Political Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in March 1993 (but forming part of the East-West Programme of the British Economic and Social Research Council), this collection of essays is divided into two parts. The first contains comparative anal

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Civil Society and the Development of Political Parties in East-Central Europe	p. 5
Political Actors and Political Roles in East-Central Europe	p. 21
Social Forces and Changes of Political Regime: The Question of Democratic Government	p. 37
Czech and Slovak Trade Unions	p. 59
Great Expectations - Fading Hopes: Trade Unions and System-Change in Hungary	p. 85
Trade Unions, Political Parties and Governments in Bulgaria, 1982-92	p. 98
The Feud Within Solidarity's Offspring	p. 116
Trade Unions and Economic Transformation in Poland	p. 125
Trade Unions, Industrial Relations and Politics in Russia	p. 133
Parties and Trade Unions in Eastern Europe: The Shifting Distribution of Political and Economic Power	p. 161
Index	p. 182
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