This work surveys processes of party development in the context of the ten years of democratic change in post-communist eastern Europe. It examines the capacity

Political Parties in Post-Communist Eastern Europe is the first textbook to survey the course of party developments in eastern Europe as a whole in the post-Com

Offering a single, coherent framework of the political, economic, and social phenomena that characterize post-communist regimes, this is the most comprehensive

Examines in depth three waves of democratic change that took place in eleven different former Communist nations.

Scholars of post-communist politics often argue that parties in new democracies lack strong organizations - sizable membership, local presence, and professional