Political Parties in New Democracies. Party Organization in Southern and East-Central Europe

Acta Politica ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-108
Author(s):  
Paul Pennings
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
New Democracies ◽  
Party Organization ◽  
East Central Europe ◽  
East Central

Introduction: The State of Democracy 20 Years on

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques Rupnik ◽  
Jan Zielonka
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Democratic Transition ◽  
The State ◽  
New Democracies ◽  
The European Union ◽  
East Central Europe ◽  
East Central ◽  
The Eu

The countries of East-Central Europe (ECE) embarked on a democratic transition in 1989 were proclaimed consolidated democracies when they joined the European Union (EU) in 2004. Today most of the new democracies are experiencing “democratic fatigue” and some seem vulnerable to an authoritarian turn. The EU, seen as the guarantor of the post-1989 democratic changes, is experiencing an unprecedented economic, financial, and democratic crisis with the combined challenges of technocracy and populism. The article explores the different approaches to the study of democracies in ECE, their specific features and vulnerabilities, and tries to provide an interpretation of the premature crisis of democracy in ECE in a broader transeuropean context.

Thy Will Be Done?

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 338-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Grzymała-Busse
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Religious Participation ◽  
Religious Nationalism ◽  
East Central Europe ◽  
East Central ◽  
Religious Influence ◽  
Policy Influence ◽  
Religious Competition

Levels of both religiosity and of religious influence on public policy vary enormously across the countries of post-communist East Central Europe. This variation poses a challenge to existing explanations, which have focused on religious competition and alliances with political parties to explain religious participation and policy influence, respectively. The legacy of religious nationalism instead helps to explain both the vibrancy of religious participation and the influence of churches on democratic public policy. This variation also calls for greater scrutiny of “historical legacies”: while some patterns are durable and reach back centuries, others are recent innovations.

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