Publisher's Synopsis
Contents include: Dream of purity; Presence of Eastern and Central Europe in the culture and politics of contemporary Israel; Post-communist parties and nationalism; Barriers and obstacles on Poland's road to the European Union; Power -- Politics -- Individuality; Democratic rule of law; State and the great transformation; Society and the individual; Structure of partisan conflicts in Poland; Voter absence; Debate between right and left; Need for a new left; Communist experience and the social democratic reality; Civil-military relations in Central-Eastern Europe; Military regimes' extrication from politics; Comparative development of local political systems; Role of local autonomy in democratic and democratising societies; Local politics and the comparative study of political systems.
