Description: This comparative analysis explores the evolution of governance in Central and Eastern Europe. The book considers post-communist leaders' key challenge: the development of central government institutions capable of coordinating, integrating, and steering the policymaking proces...
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"A landmark text in the study of the new post-communist political systems in post-Cold War Europe. It offers fresh and illuminating insights into how executives are configured and function in the fast-changing contexts of transition, modernization, and Europeanization. It is a major contribution to comparative politics and required reading for all who wish to understand an essential aspect of how the new Europe functions." --Kenneth Dyson, Cardiff University, Wales
"Recommended." --Choice Reviews "Undoubtedly, this book is successful in the important task of clearing out the empirical terrain. In so doing, it raises a number of interesting questions about post-communist cabinets and institutions which authors are steadily engaged in addressing in their near future research." --Political Studies Review "An impressive, scholarly, and timely piece of work that provides substantial insight and empirical research in an area of rapidly growing importance." --Paul Lewis, Open University