{"product_id":"postcommunist-and-postsoviet-parliaments-the-initial-decade-library-of-legislative-studies-9780415365574","title":"Postcommunist and PostSoviet Parliaments The","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was previously published as a special issue of the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Legislative Studies\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION Post-Communist and Post-Soviet Legislatures: Beyond Transition \u003cem\u003ePhilip Norton\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDavid M. Olson\u003c\/em\u003e THE PARLIAMENTS: DEMOCRATIC POST-COMMUNIST PARLIAMENTS 1. The Parliament of the Czech Republic, 1993-2004 \u003cem\u003eLukas Linek \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eZdenka Mansfeldova \u003c\/em\u003e2. From Minimal to Subordinate: A Final Verdict? The Hungarian Parliament, 1990–2002 \u003cem\u003eGabriella Ilonszki\u003c\/em\u003e 3. Five Terms of the Polish Parliament, 1989–2005 \u003cem\u003eEwa Nalewajko\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWlodzimierz Wesolowski\u003c\/em\u003e 4. Slovenia’s National Assembly, 1992–2004 \u003cem\u003eDrago Zajc \u003c\/em\u003eTHE PARLIAMENTS: AUTHORITARIAN POST-SOVIET PARLIAMENTS 5. Development of the Moldovan Parliament One Decade After Independence: Slow Going \u003cem\u003eWilliam E. Crowther\u003c\/em\u003e 6. The Russian Federal Assembly, 1994–2004 \u003cem\u003eThomas F. Remington \u003c\/em\u003e POST-COMMUNIST AND POST-SOVIET PARLIAMENTS COMPARED 7. MPs in Post-Communist and Post-Soviet Nations: A Parliamentary Elite in the Making \u003cem\u003eGabriella Ilonszki\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMichael Edinger\u003c\/em\u003e 8. Post-Communist and Post-Soviet Parliaments: Divergent Paths from Transition \u003cem\u003eDavid M. Olson\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePhilip Norton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402101432663,"sku":"9780415365574","price":137.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415365574.jpg?v=1730479411","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/postcommunist-and-postsoviet-parliaments-the-initial-decade-library-of-legislative-studies-9780415365574","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}