Embodying Democracy Electoral System Design in Post-Communist Europe

Embodying Democracy analyzes the politics of electoral reform in eight post-communist states including Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Russia and Ukraine. By exploring the multiple factors that shaped the design of electo

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One Europe or Several? Series Editor: Helen Wallace

The One Europe or Several? series examines contemporary processes of political, security, economic, social and cultural change across the European continent, as well as issues of convergence/divergence and prospects for integration and fragmentation. Many of the books in the series are crosscountry comparisons; others evaluate the European institutions, in particular the European Union and NATO, in the context of eastern enlargement. Titles include: Sarah Birch, Frances Millard, Marina Popescu and Kieran Williams EMBODYING DEMOCRACY Electoral System Design in Post-Communist Europe Andrew Cottey, Timothy Edmunds and Anthony Forster (editors) DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF THE MILITARY IN POSTCOMMUNIST EUROPE Guarding the Guards Anthony Forster, Timothy Edmunds and Andrew Cottey (editors) THE CHALLENGE OF MILITARY REFORM IN POSTCOMMUNIST EUROPE Building Professional Armed Forces Andrew Jordan THE EUROPEANIZATION OF BRITISH ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY A Departmental Perspective Helen Wallace (editor) INTERLOCKING DIMENSIONS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

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Embodying Democracy Electoral System Design in Post-Communist Europe Sarah Birch Department of Government, University of Essex, UK

Frances Millard Department of Government, University of Essex, UK

Marina Popescu Department of Government, University of Essex, UK

Kieran Williams School of Slavonic and East European Studies University College London, UK

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