Democratization in Eastern Europe Domestic and International Perspectives

Political scientists were not able to predict the sudden collapse of Communist systems in Eastern Europe in 1989-90. With hindsight, is it possible to explain the cause of sudden democratisation, or the speed of change? This book is an attempt to tackle the problem of democratisation in East-Central Qurope from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Its contributors look at the process of change within a comparative framework, discussing the emergence of multi-party systems and the building of new institutions, comparing Southern European democratic transition with that of Eastern Europe and analysing the changing relationship with the Soviet Union. Democratization in Eastern Europe concentrates on the case studies of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Rumania and Bulgaria, though other countries are covered in the analyses.Pridham, Geoffrey is the author of 'Democratization in Eastern Europe Domestic and International Perspectives' with ISBN 9780415110648 and ISBN 0415110645.