Elections and parties in new European democracies / Richard Rose and Neil Munro.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part One: the framework of competition. Elite supply and popular demands: an interactive model -- Democratization backwards-and in a hurry -- Understanding election outcomes -- Electoral systems compared -- Electing representatives -- Choosing a president -- Effects of electoral systems -- Parties without civil society -- A big supply of parties -- A variety of party appeals -- Fragmented, multi-dimensional party systems -- Voters without trust -- A legacy of distrust -- Political values without parties -- Clear-cut and fuzzy-focus outlooks -- Competition without institutionalization -- Institutionalization in theory -- Stable election laws -- Floating systems of parties -- An indefinite disequilibrium -- Part Two: national election results. Conventions in reporting results -- Bulgaria -- Czechoslovakia -- Czech republic -- Slovakia -- Estonia -- Hungary -- Latvia -- Lithuania -- Poland -- Romania -- Russia -- Slovenia.