Communist Successor Parties in Post Communist Politics

Author: Ishiyama   John T.  

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.‎

Publication year: 2014

E-ISBN: 9781633210240

Subject: C91 Sociology

Keyword: Social Science

Language: ENG

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Communist Successor Parties in Post Communist Politics

Chapter

ANALYSIS

THE CASES

THE HUNGARIAN SOCIALIST PARTY

THE KUOMINTANG

THE CHAMA CHAI MAPINDUZI

PARTY CHANGE

CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 3: CZECH AND SLOVAK COMMUNIST SUCCESSOR PARTY TRANSFORMATIONS AFTER 1989: ORGANIZATIONAL RESOURCES, ELITE CAPACITIES, AND PUBLIC COMMITMENTS

EXPLANATIONS OF PARTY TRANSFORMATION

ELITE CAPACITIES AND ORGANIZATIONAL ASSETS

INITIAL TRANSFORMATIVE POLICIES: RELIANCE ON PARTY ASSETS

MEMBERS AND PLATFORMS

PARTY LEADERSHIP

LOCAL ENTRENCHMENT

THE “PUBLIC COMMITMENTS” OF THE PARTIES

PARTY PERFORMANCE

DYNAMICS AND MECHANISMS OF PARTY TRANSFORMATION

CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 4: TWO PATHS OF CHANGE? HOW FORMER COMMUNIST PARTIES REMADE THEMSELVES AFTER COMMUNISM'S COLLAPSE

EX-COMMUNIST PARTIES AND THE STUDY OF POST-COMMUNISM

THE CHALLENGE OF COMMUNISM’S DEMISE AS CRITICAL JUNCTURE: EAST GERMANY AND HUNGARY COMPARED

TWO DIVERGENT PATHS OF ADAPTATION: LEFTIST-RETREAT AND PRAGMATIC REFORM

LEFTIST-RETREAT: THE CASE OF THE EAST GERMAN PDS

PRAGMATIC-REFORM: THE CASE OF THE HUNGARIAN EX-COMMUNIST PARTY

“PARTY WITH ROOTS IN MARXISM”

“EUROPEAN SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY”

“PARTY OF EXPERTS, TECHNOCRATS AND PRAGMATISTS”

CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 5: THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: FROM THE FOURTH CONGRESS TO THE SUMMER OF 1998 GOVERNMENT CRISIS

CHAPTER 6: WHAT KINDS OF PARTIES ARE EMERGING? PATTERNS OF SUCCESSOR PARTY ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

PARTY ORGANIZATIONAL MODELS

CONCEPTUALIZING PARTY ORGANIZATION

FACTORS AFFECTING PARTY ORGANIZATIONAL TYPE

ANALYSIS

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS

CHAPTER 7: ELECTORAL SYSTEMS, CHANGING VOTER PREFERENCES AND THE SUCCESS OF FORMER COMMUNIST PARTIES IN BALTIC ELECTIONS

THE ELECTORAL SYSTEMS OF THE BALTIC STATES

DISPROPORTIONALITY AND PARTY DEVELOPMENT IN THE BALTIC COUNTRIES

ESTONIA

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

CROSS COUNTRY COMPARISONS

CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 8: CHALLENGING EXPECTATIONS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE COMMUNIST SUCCESSOR PARTIES OF HUNGARY, BULGARIA AND ROMANIA

RE-EVALUATING THE REVOLUTIONS OF 1989

OPPOSITIONS

THE HUNGARIAN SOCIALIST PARTY

THE BULGARIAN SOCIALIST PARTY

DEMOCRATIC SOCIAL PARTY OF ROMANIA

CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 9: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS

LIST OF ACRONYMS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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