Values and Political Change in Postcommunist Europe

by W. Miller, S. White, P. Heywood

Overview

This is a book about political values - socialist, nationalist, liberal and democratic values - in five former communist countries: Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Based on eleven surveys involving extended interviews with 7350 members of the public and 504 Members of Parliament it provides an authoritative account of the extent to which politicians and the public in East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union have rejected communist ideals and adopted nationalist and/or liberal democratic values.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333642832
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/19/1998
Edition description:	1998
Pages:	460
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.05(d)

Table of Contents

Preface: Political Values in Post-Communist Europe - PART 1: INTRODUCTION - Standing on the Ruins of Empire - Communism and After - Methodology and Context - PART 2: PERCEPTIONS - A Fond Farewell? - A Brave New World? - PART 3: VALUES - Socialism After Communism - External and Internal Nationalism - Liberal Values - Popular Control: Direct or Representative Democracy? - Entrepreneurial MPs - The Nationalist, Liberal and Democratic Values of MPs - A Red-Brown Alliance of Ideas? - PART 4: INFLUENCES ON VALUES - Winners and Losers - Adaptable Minds - Land, Language, Culture and Nationality - Political Identifications - A Multivariate Model - PART 5: STABILITY AND CHANGE - Intra-election Trends: Value Stability During a Crisis Election - Inter-election Trends 1993-96 - PART 6: VALUES IN PERSPECTIVE - Postcommunist Values in a Western Perspective - Appendix. Questionnaire: English-language Version