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Zusatztext "Based on extensive and detailed empirical analysis and written with clarity and precision, Political Parties and the State in Postcommunist Europe enhances our understanding of the relationship between political parties and the state in Central and Eastern Europe. Its publication is very much to be welcomed." - Slavonic and East European Review, vol. 89, no. 1, January 2011 Informationen zum Autor Petr Kopecky Klappentext Previously published as a special issue of The Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, this volume analyzes the party-state linkages in post-communist Europe alongside three analytical dimensions. Zusammenfassung Previously published as a special issue of The Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, this volume analyzes the party-state linkages in post-communist Europe alongside three analytical dimensions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Political Parties and the State in Post-Communist Europe: The Nature of Symbiosis 2. The Rise of the Partisan State? Parties, Patronage and the Ministerial Bureaucracy in Hungary 3. State Party Funding and Patronage in Post-1989 Poland 4. Bratislava, Powered by the State: The Role of Public Resources in Party-Building in Slovakia 5. From Private Organizations to Democratic Infrastructure: Political Parties and the State in Estonia 6. The Influence of Party Patronage and State Finance on Electoral Outcomes: Evidence from Romania 7. Managing Democracy: Political Parties and the State in Russia
