Post-communist EU member states

"This book provides comprehensive insights into the parties and party systems of post-communist EU member states: Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia within the framework of each country's specific conditions and developments. It concentrates on three main themes: ideological cleavages between parties, party system competition, and party organization. Analytically competent and highly informative, this comprehensive volume is suitable for courses on party systems and EU politics."--Jacket.