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The Weakness of Civil Society in Post-Communist Europe
Seeks to explain the weakness of civil society in the countries of post-Communist Europe.
From Elections to Democracy
The countries of Central Europe in the first round for admission to the European Union have all established constitutional, electoral democracies and market economies. However, much remains to be done to achieve fully consolidated democratic states. This study documents the weaknesses of public oversight and participation in policymaking in Hungary and Poland, two of the most advanced countries in the region. It discusses five alternative routes to accountability including European Union oversight, constitutional institutions such as presidents and courts, devolution to lower-level governments, the use of neo-corporatist bodies, and open-ended participation rights. It urges more emphasis on the fifth option, public participation. Case studies of the environmental movement in Hungary and of student groups in Poland illustrate these general points. The book reviews the United States' experience of open-ended public participation and draws some lessons for the transition countries from the strengths and weaknesses of the American system.
Democratization and Autocratization in Comparative Perspective
This book provides balanced, critical, and comprehensive coverage of the theories and realities of autocratization and democratization. It sketches developments in the conceptions of democracy, discusses how to distinguish between different forms of political rule, and maps the development of democracy and autocracy across space and time. The book reviews the major debates and findings about domestic and international causes and consequences of democratization and autocratization. It synthesizes theoretical models and empirical relationships based on an explicit comparative perspective which focuses on similarities and differences across countries and historical periods. Key features: • Of...
Gender Politics and Everyday Life in State Socialist Eastern and Central Europe
This book showcases extensive research on gender under state socialism, examining the subject in terms of state policy and law; sexuality and reproduction; the academy; leisure; the private sphere; the work world; opposition activism; and memory and identity.
Nations, Identity, Power
Conceptions of nationalism as a historical and contemporary phenomenon remain fragmentary in the late-1990s. This text analyzes the contraditions inherent in the general understanding of nationalism in order to fashion a new intellectual synthesis.
Droga do samorządności terytorialnej
W książce szczegółowo omówione zostały wybory samorządowe z 1990 roku, których epokowe znaczenie jest wciąż niedoceniane w literaturze poświęconej polskiej transformacji. Autorzy ukazują, jak ważne dla sukcesu reformy samorządowej w Polsce było połączenie dwóch czynników: masowego oddolnego ruchu społecznego (Solidarność, Komitety Obywatelskie) oraz kompetentnych, a co więcej – gotowych do działania elit. Po książkę mogą sięgnąć zarówno uczeni (politolodzy, socjolodzy, historycy) pracujący nad syntetycznym ujęciem postkomunistycznych przemian, jak i studenci lub uczniowie piszący referaty na temat dziejów samorządu lokalnego w Polsce.
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