Cover -- PARTY SYSTEMS IN POST-SOVIET COUNTRIES -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I Measuring Political Institutionalization in the Baltic States, Russia, and Ukraine -- Chapter 1 Conceptual Framework and Operational Indicators of Political Institutionalization -- Chapter 2 Autonomy of the Party System: Recruitment Into the National Legislature -- Chapter 3 Autonomy of the Party System: Recruitment Into the Executive Branch -- Chapter 4 Autonomy of the Party System: Geographical Patterns of Party Support -- Chapter 5 Stability of the Party System -- Chapter 6 Measuring Political Institutionalization: Conclusion -- Part II Explaining Political Institutionalization in the Baltic States, Russia, and Ukraine -- Chapter 7 The Role of the Old Communist Elites During the Formative Stage of the Party System -- Chapter 8 The Type of Government and the Party System -- Chapter 9 Political Consequences of the Post-Soviet Electoral Systems -- Chapter 10 "Parties of Power" and the Party System -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book conducts a comparative analysis of political institutions and develops rigorous methods suitable for cross-national longitudinal analysis. An examination of political party systems in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, and Ukraine shows striking differences of degrees and dynamics of political institutionalization in the five nations.

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