An account of the party systems that have evolved in Eastern Europe since the revolutions of the late 1980s. The new political systems of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria are analyzed and compared, along with the most recent developments in East Germany
This book neither pretends nor seeks to be a "definitive" investigation of the media of mass communication in the Soviet Union. The complexity of the Soviet communication system is such that a really exhaustive study of the techniques and institutions utilized for propaganda and agitation would have to be several times the length of the present work. At the same time, it should be recognized th…
The past five years have held tremendous significance for the process of nation building in Malaysia. Civil society and voters -- especially in urban areas -- are making new and strong demands on the government, in fact on governance per se; the opposition parties that managed to pull off successful electoral upsets in 2008 have formed a viable coalition to challenge the long-term federal gover…
The end of certainty is about power, personality and national destiny. It is the story of how the 1980s have changed Australia and political parties forever and why there is no going back. The tale is one of political struggle, financial excess and economic boom and bust.