Political parties in post-Soviet space : Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, and the Baltics / edited by Anatoly Kulik and Susanna Pshizova.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-255) and index.

Series foreword / Kay Lawson -- 1. Introduction : the multidimensionality of the context of post-Soviet transformation / Anatoly Kulik -- 2. Political parties in post-Soviet Russia : an agent of democratic transition? / Anatoly Kulik -- 3. The peculiarities of party politics in Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine : institutionalization or marginalization? / Andrei Tarnauski -- 4. Party system development in Belarus, 1988-2001 : myths and realities / Elena A. Korosteleva -- 5. Parties and party system in Moldova, 1990-2002 / Valeriu Mosneaga -- 6. Influence of the electoral system on the role of political parties in the development of democracy in Ukraine / Volodymyr Fesenko -- 7. Political parties and multiparty systems in the Baltic countries, 1990-2001 / Algis Krupavicius -- 8. Political parties in Estonia / Rein Toomla -- 9. Parties and party politics in Latvia : origins and current development / Andris Runcis -- 10. Lithuania's political parties and party system, 1990-2001 / Algis Krupavicius -- 11. Conclusion : party building in post-Soviet space : between imitation and simulation / Susanna Pshizova.