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The Library includes a useful reference section and a considerable number of published and unpublished reports, and is especially strong in the area of minority protection with regards to international law. The ECMI Library is also unique in that it includes an ever-growing number of annual reports of Ombudsman offices around the world, which provide insight into the human rights situation in many countries. Current periodical and newspaper subscriptions reflect the multidisciplinary nature of ECMI research, and reference services are provided both in-house and for the general public.
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| Author |
Zielonka, Jan (ed.) |
|---|---|
| Title | Democratic Consolidation in Eastern Europe : : Institutional Engineering |
| Parallel title / Title of generic unit | Volume 1 |
| Subject | 1. Democratization-Europe, Eastern. 2. Democratization-Former Soviet republics. 3. Europe, Eastern-Politics and government-1989- 4. Former Soviet republics-Politics and government. 5. Constitutional history-Europe, Eastern. 6. Constitutional history-Former Soviet republics. |
| Publisher | Oxford: Oxford University Press |
| Year | 2001 |
| Pages | xii, 493 |
| Description | This first volume of a two-volume series analyzes constraints on, and opportunities of institutional engineering in Eastern Europe. It examines to what extent and how elites in Eastern Europe have been able to shape the politics of democratic consolidation through institutional means. The aim is to contrast a set of democracy theories with empirical evidence accumulated in Eastern Europe over the last ten years. The volume tries to avoid complex debates about definitions, methods and the uses and misuses of comparative research. It attempts instead to establish what has really happened in the region, and which of the existing theories have proved helpful in explaining these developments. |
| Type | Book |
| Note | Includes bibliography and index. CONTENTS: Institutional Engineering and the Transition to Democracy, by Klaus von Beyme / Constitutions and Constitution-Building, by Robert Elgie and Jan Zielonka / Constitutional Design and Problems of Implementation in Southern and Eastern Europe, by Leonardo Morlino / Estonia: Positive and Negative Institutional Engineering, by Vello Pettai / Rebuilding Democracy in Latvia: Overcoming a Dual Legacy, by Adolf Sprudzs / Institutional Engineering in Lithuania: Stability through Compromise, by Nida Gelazis / Bulgaria: The (Ir)Relevance of Post-communist Constitutionalism, by Venelin I. Ganev / Constitutionalism as a Vehicle for Democratic Consolidation in Romania, by Renate Weber / Ukraine: Tormented Constitution-Making, by Kataryna Wolczuk / Power Imbalance and Institutional Interests in Russian Constitutional Engineering, by Gadis Gadzhiev / Constitutionalism in Belarus: a False Start, by Alexander Lukashuk / The Czech Republic: From the Burden of the Old Federal Constitution to the Constitutional Horse Trading among Political Parties, by Petr Kopecky / Slovakia: From the Ambiguous Constitution to the Dominance of Informal Rules, by Darina Malova / Slovenia: From elite Consensus to Democratic Consolidation, by Miro Cerar / Hungary's Pliable Constitution, by Istvan Szikinger / Legitimacy: The Price of a Delayed Constitution in Poland, by Miroslaw Wyrzykowski / Conclusions: On the Relevance of Institutions and the Centrality of Constitutions in Post-communist Transitions, by Wojciech Sadurski |
| Language | English |
| Series | Oxford Studies in Democratization |
| Identifier | 0199244081 |
| Call No. |
321.8 |
| Location |
Library |
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