Political Parties of Eastern Europe: A Guide to Politics in the Post-communist Era: A Guide to Politics in the Post-communist Era

by Bugajski,Janusz

• ISBN13: 9781563246760
• ISBN10: 1563246767
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-08-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This comprehensive one-volume guide to politics in Eastern Europe provides a wealth of information on the region. The author outlines the emergent political spectrum of parties and coalitions, which are described in the 20 country chapters that make up the heart of the book. Parties are classified across the political spectrum and discussed individually in terms of programs, leadership, and political activity. Tables at the end of each country chapter present basic political data and electoral results. A concluding essay evaluates democratic development in the region.

Table of Contents

Map	vi
Author's Note	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction: Pluralism and Democratization	xv
I. Baltic Region
Belarus	3	(40)
Historical Overview	3	(2)
Post-Communist Developments	5	(12)
Political Parties: Socialists and Social Democrats	17	(4)
Liberals	21	(2)
Christian Democrats	23	(3)
Agrarians	26	(2)
Greens	28	(1)
Communists	29	(3)
Nationalists	32	(1)
Ethnic Minority and Religious Parties	33	(1)
Regionalists	34	(1)
Independents and Others	34	(1)
Political Data	35	(1)
Election Results	36	(3)
Notes	39	(4)
Estonia	43	(44)
Historical Overview	43	(5)
Post-Communist Developments	48	(12)
Political Parties: Socialists and Social Democrats	60	(1)
Liberals	61	(5)
Christian Democrats	66	(1)
Agrarians	67	(2)
Greens	69	(1)
Communists	70	(1)
Nationalists	71	(5)
Ethnic Minority and Religious Parties	76	(2)
Regionalists	78	(1)
Independents and Others	79	(1)
Political Data	80	(1)
Election Results	80	(5)
Notes	85	(2)
Latvia	87	(38)
Historical Overview	87	(7)
Post-Communist Developments	94	(11)
Political Parties: Socialists and Social Democrats	105	(4)
Liberals	109	(2)
Christian Democrats	111	(1)
Agrarians	111	(1)
Greens	112	(1)
Nationalists	112	(4)
Ethnic Minority and Religious Parties	116	(1)
Regionalists	117	(1)
Political Data	118	(1)
Election Results	118	(4)
Notes	122	(3)
Lithuania	125	(32)
Historical Overview	125	(5)
Post-Communist Developments	130	(9)
Political Parties: Socialists and Social Democrats	139	(2)
Liberals	141	(4)
Christian Democrats	145	(1)
Agrarians	146	(1)
Greens	146	(1)
Nationalists	146	(2)
Ethnic Minority and Religious Parties	148	(2)
Independents and Others	150	(1)
Political Data	150	(1)
Election Results	151	(3)
Notes	154	(3)
Poland	157	(64)
Historical Overview	157	(6)
Post-Communist Developments	163	(5)
Political Parties: Socialists and Social Democrats	168	(7)
Liberals	175	(4)
Christian Democrats	179	(9)
Agrarians	188	(2)
Greens	190	(1)
Nationalists	191	(6)
Neofascists	197	(3)
Ethnic Minority and Religious Parties	200	(8)
Regionalists	208	(2)
Independents and Others	210	(1)
Political Data	211	(1)
Election Results	212	(4)
Notes	216	(5)
II. Danube Region
Czech Republic	221	(58)
Historical Overview	221	(7)
Post-Communist Developments	228	(13)
Political Parties: Socialists and Social Democrats	241	(4)
Liberals	245	(7)
Christian Democrats	252	(2)
Agrarians	254	(1)
Greens	254	(1)
Communists	255	(1)
Nationalists	256	(3)
Ethnic Minority and Religious Parties	259	(4)
Regionalists	263	(4)
Independents and Others	267	(1)
Political Data	268	(1)
Election Results	269	(6)
Notes	275	(4)
Slovakia	279	(58)
Historical Overview	279	(3)
Post-Communist Developments	282	(15)
Political Parties: Socialists and Social Democrats	297	(3)
Liberals	300	(5)
Christian Democrats	305	(4)
Agrarian	309	(1)
Greens	309	(1)
Communists	310	(1)
Nationalists	311	(7)
Ethnic Minority and Religious Parties	318	(10)
Political Data	328	(1)
Election Results	328	(6)
Notes	334	(3)
Hungary	337	(42)
Historical Overview	337	(5)
Post-Communist Developments	342	(7)
Political Parties: Socialists and Social Democrats	349	(2)
Liberals	351	(4)
Christian Democrats	355	(3)
Agrarians	358	(1)
Greens	359	(1)
Communists	360	(1)
Nationalists	360	(1)
Neofascists	361	(3)
Ethnic Minority and Religious Parties	364	(8)
Political Data	372	(1)
Election Results	373	(6)
Notes	379	(1)
Serbia	379	(68)
Historical Overview	379	(5)
Post-Communist Developments	384	(14)
Political Parties: Socialists and Social Democrats	398	(4)
Liberals	402	(4)
Christian Democrats	406	(1)
Agrarians	406	(1)
Greens	406	(1)
Communists	407	(1)
Nationalists	408	(7)
Neofascists	415	(4)
Ethnic Minority and Religious Parties	419	(2)
Vojvodina Regionalists	421	(7)
Sandzak Regionalists	428	(2)
Political Data	430	(2)
Election Results	432	(5)
Notes	437	(10)
Appendix: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	441	(6)
III. Adriatic Region
Kosova	447	(36)
Historical Overview	447	(3)
Post-Communist Developments	450	(20)
Political Parties: Kosovar Albanian Parties	470	(8)
Minority Political Parties	478	(1)
Political Data	479	(1)
Election Results	480	(1)
Notes	481	(2)
Montenegro	483	(38)
Historical Overview	483	(4)
Post-Communist Developments	487	(9)
Political Parties: Socialists and Social Democrats	496	(6)
Liberals	502	(1)
Communists	502	(1)
Nationalists	503	(5)
Serbian Nationalists	508	(2)
Ethnic Minority and Religious Parties	510	(4)
Political Data	514	(1)
Election Results	515	(3)
Notes	518	(3)
Bosnia-Herzegovina	521	(58)
Historical Overview	521	(5)
Post-Communist Developments	526	(23)
Political Parties: Socialists and Social Democrats	549	(2)
Liberals and Integrationists	551	(4)
Christian Democrats	555	(1)
Agrarians	556	(1)
Greens	556	(1)
Communists	557	(1)
Nationalists	557	(9)
Neo-Fascists	566	(1)
Other Ethnic Minority and Religious Parties	567	(1)
Political Data	567	(1)
Election Results	568	(8)
Notes	576	(3)
Croatia	579	(54)
Historical Overview	579	(5)
Post-Communist Developments	584	(16)
Political Parties: Socialists and Social Democrats	600	(2)
Liberals	602	(4)
Christian Democrats	606	(1)
Agrarians	607	(1)
Greens	607	(42)
Nationalists	649
Neo-Fascists	613	(2)
Ethnic Minority and Religious Parties	615	(5)
Regionalists	620	(4)
Political Data	624	(1)
Election Results	625	(5)
Notes	630	(3)
Slovenia	633	(40)
Historical Overview	633	(8)
Post-Communist Developments	641	(11)
Political Parties: Socialists and Social Democrats	652	(3)
Liberals	655	(2)
Christian Democrats	657	(2)
Agrarians	659	(1)
Greens	660	(1)
Nationalists	661	(4)
Ethnic Minority and Religious Parties	665	(1)
Regionalists	666	(1)
Independents and Others	666	(1)
Political Data	667	(1)
Election Results	667	(4)
Notes	671	(2)
Albania	673	(48)
Historical Overview	673	(5)
Post-Communist Developments	678	(15)
Political Parties: Socialists and Social Democrats	693	(4)
Liberals	697	(6)
Christian Democrats	703	(1)
Agrarians	704	(1)
Greens	704	(1)
Communists	705	(1)
Nationalists	705	(5)
Ethnic Minority and Religious Parties	710	(4)
Political Data	714	(1)
Election Results	715	(4)
Notes	719	(2)
IV. Black Sea Region
Macedonia	721	(50)
Historical Overview	721	(4)
Post-Communist Developments	725	(14)
Political Parties: Socialists and Social Democrats	739	(3)
Liberals	742	(2)
Christian Democrats	744	(1)
Agrarians	745	(1)
Communists	745	(1)
Nationalists	746	(7)
Ethnic Minority and Religious Parties	753	(11)
Political Data	764	(1)
Election Results	765	(3)
Notes	768	(3)
Bulgaria	771	(58)
Historical Overview	771	(4)
Post-Communist Developments	775	(11)
Political Parties: Socialists and Social Democrats	786	(7)
Liberals	793	(6)
Christian Democrats	799	(1)
Agrarians	800	(2)
Greens	802	(1)
Communists	803	(1)
Nationalists	804	(6)
Ethnic Minority and Religious Parties	810	(6)
Regionalists	816	(4)
Independents and Others	820	(1)
Political Data	821	(1)
Election Results	821	(4)
Notes	825	(4)
Romania	829	(54)
Historical Overview	829	(3)
Post-Communist Developments	832	(11)
Political Parties: Socialists and Social Democrats	843	(5)
Liberals	848	(4)
Christian Democrats	852	(2)
Agrarians	854	(1)
Greens	855	(1)
Communists	855	(1)
Nationalists	856	(7)
Neo-Fascists	863	(2)
Ethnic Minority and Religious Parties	865	(7)
Political Data	872	(1)
Election Results	873	(7)
Notes	880	(3)
Moldova	883	(36)
Historical Overview	883	(5)
Post-Communist Developments	888	(9)
Political Parties: Socialists and Social Democrats	897	(3)
Liberals	900	(5)
Christian Democrats	905	(1)
Agrarians	906	(1)
Greens	907	(1)
Communists	907	(2)
Nationalists	909	(1)
Ethnic Minority and Religious Parties	910	(2)
Regionalist Separatists	912	(1)
Independents and Others	913	(1)
Political Data	913	(1)
Election Results	914	(3)
Notes	917	(2)
Ukraine	919	(54)
Historical Overview	919	(3)
Post-Communist Developments	922	(19)
Political Parties: Socialists and Social Democrats	941	(4)
Liberals	945	(3)
Christian Democrats	948	(1)
Agrarians	949	(1)
Greens	950	(1)
Communists	950	(2)
Nationalists	952	(4)
Neo-Fascists	956	(1)
Ethnic Minority and Religious Parties	957	(2)
Regionalists	959	(5)
Political Data	964	(1)
Election Results	964	(4)
Notes	968	(5)
Conclusion: Roads to Democracy	973	(6)
List of Abbreviations of East European Political Party Names	979	(20)
Index of Names	999	(20)
Index of Party Names	1019