Informal Politics in Post-Communist Europe: Political Parties, Clientelism and State Capture Contributor(s): Klíma, Michal (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138572497 ISBN-13: 9781138572492 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - General |
Dewey: 320.943 |
LCCN: 2019026195 |
Series: Routledge Studies on Political Parties and Party Systems |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.00 lbs) 202 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book offers a fascinating, thought-provoking and ground-breaking study of post-communist political life. It is published just as the countries of Central and Eastern Europe mark thirty years since gaining freedom and have embarked on the path of democracy. This book is one of the first full-length academic works to explore the question of how informal structures, headed by bosses, godfathers and oligarchs, affect formal party politics and democracy. The unique post-communist transition is observed as a specific historical moment of disorder, offering a window of opportunity for the large-scale exploitation of public resources in the sense of a kind of "Klondike Gold Rush." Phenomena of corruption, clientelism, patronage, party capture and state capture are topical themes that are deeply explored. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of Central and Eastern European politics, democratisation, transitional societies, clientelism, party systems and more broadly of comparative and European politics. |