Post-Communist and Post-Soviet Parliaments: The Initial Decade Contributor(s): Norton, Philip (Editor), Olson, David M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415495237 ISBN-13: 9780415495233 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2007 Annotation: 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. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science - Political Science | American Government - Legislative Branch |
Dewey: 328.4 |
Series: Library of Legislative Studies |
Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.68 lbs) 214 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |