Poland’s Emerging Party System

Under the pressure of compliance with the Maastricht convergence criteria governments implement painful welfare state reforms.

Is democracy in East-Central Europe suffering because of a lack of liberal zeal among elites, as Dawson and Hanley contend, or is it because liberal policies have failed to deliver…

The real danger in East-Central Europe comes not from populist ideology or attempts to subvert democracy, but rather from the manipulation of democratic procedures by those in power.