Post Communist Parliaments

Author : Philip Norton,David M. Olson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317998709

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Post-Communist and Post-Soviet Parliaments by Philip Norton,David M. Olson Pdf

The sudden collapse of communism stimulated both the rapid emergence of fledgling democracies and scholarly attention to the post-communist transition. These newly democratized parliaments have been described as "parliaments in adolescence". This book identifies six parliaments which exemplify the wide range of developments in the new post-communist political systems, from the stable consolidated democracies to the less stable and more authoritarian states, within which their respective parliaments function. Finally the post-communist parliaments are compared with the presumptively more established west European parliaments. This book bridges the usual gap in research between the post-communist parliaments and more "normal" democratic parliaments to develop a common legislative research perspective on both new and established parliaments. This book was previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Legislative Studies.

Author : David M. Olson,Gabriella Ilonszki
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317966258

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Post-Communist Parliaments by David M. Olson,Gabriella Ilonszki Pdf

At the end of the "founding" or initial decade, the new parliaments of post-Communist Europe had developed two distinct types: democratic and presidentially-dominated. Whilst in the early years, they had been characterised as "parliaments in adolescence," they have - through the second decade - continued to improvise but also elaborate their working relationships with both their chief executives and electorates. This book examines these adaptations in seven parliaments, comparing both among them and with parliaments of west Europe. Their changes are traced through four distinct sets in context, members, internal structure, and working relationship with the executive. This research develops a common perspective for our understanding of both new and developed legislatures by tracing the steps through which new parliaments begin, adapt and become established. This book was published as a special issue of Journal of Legislative Studies.

Author : Marilyn Rueschemeyer,Sharon L. Wolchik
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124161246

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Women in Power in Post-communist Parliaments by Marilyn Rueschemeyer,Sharon L. Wolchik Pdf

This book examines the life and work of women who have reached positions of political power after the end of communism in Europe. It explores the roles they have adopted, the relationships they have cultivated, and the agendas they have pursued. This volume treats the issues comparatively, in six countries -- the Czech Republic, Germany (with a focus on the former GDR), Slovenia, Bulgaria, Poland, and Russia. It also includes interviews with and written statements by the very "women in power" discussed in the first half of the book, giving voice to their common and divergent experiences as political actors within an environment of stormy economies and new foreign engagements, particularly with the European Union.

Author : Sergiu Gherghina
Publisher : Editura Lumen
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Democratization
ISBN : 9789731703459

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Institutional Design and Party Development in Post-communist States by Sergiu Gherghina Pdf

Author : David M. Olson,William E. Crowther
Publisher : Ohio State University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0814209122

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Committees in Post-Communist Democratic Parliaments by David M. Olson,William E. Crowther Pdf

The former Communist countries of Eastern Europe provide a treasure-trove of data on the development of democratic institutions. The contributors to this volume use the recent experiences of these countries to identify how the various committee systems are structured and tie the relative strength of the committee system in each country to the relative strength of its legislature. A uniform theoretical framework connects the work of each essay and ties the parts into an informative whole. Comparative analysis based on seven indicators of institutionalization suggests that the committee systems of Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic are more institutionalized than those found elsewhere. Bulgaria is a middle case, while the parliaments of Moldova, Lithuania, and Estonia are the least. Of the indicators, stability in committee membership and extent of committee activity are among the most important for post-communist parliaments in their first decade. This examination of legislative committees in their beginning stages suggests that the processes of institutionalization are sequenced: expertise in a policy sector is the basis of both the assertion of jurisdictional autonomy by committees and the motive for party control of their membership and officer positions. Basic to these developments, however, is the emergence of a stable and consistent structure of the committee system as a whole. More broadly, committee attributes are closely linked to the condition and functioning of both parliamentary party groups and the government.

Author : Joshua K. Dubrow,Adrianna Zabrzewska
Publisher : IFiS PAN Publishers
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9788376831848

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Gender Quotas in the Post-Communist World by Joshua K. Dubrow,Adrianna Zabrzewska Pdf

This is a sourcebook on gender quotas in nations that experienced multiple generations of Communist Party rule. We built the book from a variety of sources and disciplines for use in research, teaching, and activism. We intend for the book to provide an introduction to gender quota policy and, thus, to the cross-national problem of women’s political inequality of voice. This book features the voice of the parliamentarians whose job it is to write, promote, and enforce the policies that help move society from gender inequality to gender equality. Nations with a Communist past have been underrepresented in the English-language scholarship on political representation and gender inequality. This sourcebook presents new and updated information about countries of the world whose women endure political inequality in everyday life yet whose specific plight over the last two decades has been little examined by Western scholars. Among other sources, this book includes, for the first time, an English language translation of the entire parliamentarian debate in Poland’s Sejm on the proposed gender quota law in 2010. This book was funded by the National Science Center, Poland (project number 2016/23 / B / HS6 / 03916).

Author : David M. Olson,William E. Crowther
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Legislative bodies
ISBN : 0814280544

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Committees in Post-Communist Democratic Parliaments by David M. Olson,William E. Crowther Pdf

The former Communist countries of Eastern Europe provide a treasure-trove of data on the development of democratic institutions. The contributors to this volume use the recent experiences of these countries to identify how the various committee systems are structured and tie the relative strength of the committee system in each country to the relative strength of its legislature. A uniform theoretical framework connects the work of each essay and ties the parts into an informative whole.Comparative analysis based on seven indicators of institutionalization suggests that the committee systems of Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic are more institutionalized than those found elsewhere. Bulgaria is a middle case, while the parliaments of Moldova, Lithuania, and Estonia are the least. Of the indicators, stability in committee membership and extent of committee activity are among the most important for post-communist parliaments in their first decade.This examination of legislative committees in their beginning stages suggests that the processes of institutionalization are sequenced: expertise in a policy sector is the basis of both the assertion of jurisdictional autonomy by committees and the motive for party control of their membership and officer positions. Basic to these developments, however, is the emergence of a stable and consistent structure of the committee system as a whole. More broadly, committee attributes are closely linked to the condition and functioning of both parliamentary party groups and the government.

Author : Fernando Casal Bértoa,Ingrid van Biezen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317229209

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The Regulation of Post-Communist Party Politics by Fernando Casal Bértoa,Ingrid van Biezen Pdf

The question of how political parties are, and ought to be, regulated has assumed an increased importance in recent years, both within the scholarly community and among policy-makers and politicians as the state assumes an increasingly active role in the management of, and control over, their behaviour and organisation This book concentrates on the regulation of political parties in the EU post-communist democracies, and on Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Romania, in particular. In analysing the various dimensions of party regulation, it builds on the main premises derived from the neo-institutionalist literature in political science, concerning the ways in which the (formal and informal) rules and procedures may influence, constrain or determine the behaviour of political actors. In doing so, it provides a comprehensive overview of the regulation of Eastern European political parties provided by leading experts in the field and casts theoretical and empirical light on the manner in which the constitutional and legal regulation of party organizations and finances have had an impact (or not) on the consolidation of party politics in post-communist Europe since 1989. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of Political Parties and Behaviour, East European and Post-Communist Politics and Comparative Politics.

Author : Daniel N. Nelson,Stephen White
Publisher : Springer
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1982-06-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349060863

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Communist Legislatures in Comparative Perspective by Daniel N. Nelson,Stephen White Pdf

Author : Petr Kopecky
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136766930

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Political Parties and the State in Post-Communist Europe by Petr Kopecky Pdf

It is not possible to understand the nature and functioning of post-communist political parties without understanding their relationship with the state. On the one hand, few parties in the region would be able to survive and perform without state resources as they lack strong roots within the wider society. On the other hand, the relatively weak states inherited from the communist period offer parties and elites opportunities for various forms of rent-seeking within state institutions. But how can we understand the relationship between parties and the state? How do the party-state links work in practice and do they exhibit any cross-national or cross-party variation? Are there any discernible patterns of party-state linkages among the post-communist democracies? Previously published as a special issue of The Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, this volume addresses these questions. The party-state linkages are analyzed alongside three analytical dimensions: state financing of parties, their legal regulation, and party patronage within the state institutions. The contributors bring together case studies of post-communist countries, as well as cross-country comparative analysis, each addressing at least one of these analytical dimensions. Besides providing a framework within which studies of party-state relationship can be undertaken, the book brings comparative evidence on the extent and the manner in which parties in the region use the state for their own purposes.

Author : Philip Norton,David M. Olson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135213503

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The New Parliaments of Central and Eastern Europe by Philip Norton,David M. Olson Pdf

What role have parliaments played in the dramatic changes occurring in Eastern and Central Europe? Adopting a common research framework, the contributors analyse in detail the role and operations of parliaments in ten of the new democracies. They focus on what determines their capacity to have some impact on public policy. They identify the significance of parliaments operating in often hybrid systems of government, with the relationship between the executive and legislature not well defined, and with an absence of constraining influence that typify western political systems.

Author : Philip Norton,David M. Olson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135213572

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The New Parliaments of Central and Eastern Europe by Philip Norton,David M. Olson Pdf

What role have parliaments played in the dramatic changes occurring in Eastern and Central Europe? Adopting a common research framework, the contributors analyse in detail the role and operations of parliaments in ten of the new democracies. They focus on what determines their capacity to have some impact on public policy. They identify the significance of parliaments operating in often hybrid systems of government, with the relationship between the executive and legislature not well defined, and with an absence of constraining influence that typify western political systems.

Author : Petr Kopecký
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351787888

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Parliaments in the Czech and Slovak Republics by Petr Kopecký Pdf

This title was first published in 2001. Based on a unique set of structured interviews with parliamentarians and additional interviews with party leaders and activists, this significant volume provides an illuminating account of the formation of the new democracies in Czechoslovakia and later, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Examining efforts to construct stable democratic parliamentary regimes in the wake of communist breakdown, it provides a rigorous analysis of parliaments’ relations with the electorate and the executive, as well as their internal working. Richly detailed and clearly written, this original study is an invaluable addition to the collection of anyone interested in post-communist Europe or parliamentary studies.

Author : Bálint Magyar
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9786155513558

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Post-Communist Mafia State by Bálint Magyar Pdf

In an article in 2001 the author analyzed the way Fidesz, the party on government for the first time then, was eliminating the institutional system of the rule of law. At that time, many readers doubted the legitimacy of the new approach, whose key categories were the 'organized over-world', the 'state employing mafia methods' and the 'adopted political family'. Critics considered these categories metaphors rather than elements of a coherent conceptual framework. Ten years later Fidesz won a two-third majority in Parliament at the 2010 elections: the institutional obstacles of exerting power were thus largely removed. Just like the party, the state itself was placed under the control of a single individual, who since then has applied the techniques used within his party to enforce submission and obedience onto society as a whole. While in many post-communist systems a segment of the party and secret service became the elite in possession of not only political power but also of wealth, Fidesz, as a late-coming new political predator, was able to occupy this position through an aggressive change of elite. The actions of the post-communist mafia state model are led by the logic of power and wealth concentration in the hands of the clan. But while the classical mafia channeled wealth and economic players into its spheres of interest by means of direct coercion, the mafia state does the same by means of parliamentary legislation, legal prosecution, tax authority, police forces and secret service. The new conceptual framework is important and timely not only for Hungary, but also for other post-communist countries subjected to autocratic rules.

Author : F. Millard
Publisher : Springer
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004-04-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230000865

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Elections, Parties and Representation in Post-Communist Europe by F. Millard Pdf

Elections, Parties and Representation in Post-Communist Europe 1990-2002 stresses the ways in which the development of political parties affected the quality of democracy, the nature of political representation, and political accountability in the early stages of post-communist politics. It also analyzes the nature and consequences of the corpus of parliamentary candidates and deputies for the representation of social classes, women and minorities. In contrast with the wide social profile of communist parliaments, politics largely became the playground of new highly educated male elites.