Democracy and democratization : post-communist Europe in comparative perspective / John D. Nagle and Alison Mahr.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-319) and index.

Pt. 1. Theoretical and Historical Backgrounds for Democratization. 1. The Democracy Project and the Development of Comparative Politics. 2. Historical Legacies of Regional Democratization -- Pt. 2. The Emerging Politics of the New Democracies. 3. Conceptualizations of Transition: Early Dichotomies and Evolving Complexities. 4. Civil Society: Using the New Freedoms. 5. Concepts of Economic Restructuring. 6. Interest Group Articulation in Post-Communism. 7. Political Party Formation and Electoral Competition. 8. Elites and Citizens: Elite Democracy and Citizen Participation -- Pt. 3. Regional and International Contexts of Democratization. 9. Regional Comparisons of Democratization: Southern Europe - Lessons from Another European Region. 10. Structuring Executive Power in Emerging Democracies: Warnings from Latin America. 11. Economics First, Then (Maybe) Politics: The Challenge of the East Asian Model. 12. East-Central Europe, the EU and Globalizing Capitalism: What Kind of Democratization, What Kind of Democr