ABSTRACT

Democracy and Enlargement in Post-Communist Europe presents the principal findings of a unique in-depth study of the birth of democracy and the market economy in fifteen post-Communist countries. Haerpfer analyses and compares the information collected by the New Democracies Barometer public opinion surveys to provide an overview of the process of democratization across Central and Eastern Europe.
This is an extremely valuable resource and will be useful for all those interested in the European Union, comparative politics and democracy and the Communist legacy. It contains data from Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania the Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.

chapter 3|19 pages

The birth of democracy

chapter 4|3 pages

Social structure and democracy

chapter |6 pages

The share of consolidated households

chapter 7|8 pages

Security and democracy

chapter |14 pages

Who is afraid of Russia?

chapter 9|4 pages

Conclusion