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The historical foundations of party politics in post-communist East Central Europe

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This article gauges how plausible deep historical explanations are in accounting for the emergence of particular types of parties in post-communist Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Generating and testing hypotheses from the centuries-long historical logic of Lipset and Rokkan's model of cleavage and party development, it finds that the historical foundations of post-communist parties may be deeper than most analyses assume and that the influence of the communist era may be less than is often believed. While a full understanding of the emergence of post-communist party types requires both historical and non-historical explanations, historical ones should not be underestimated.

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  • James Toole, 2007. "The historical foundations of party politics in post-communist East Central Europe," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 59(4), pages 541-566.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:59:y:2007:i:4:p:541-566
    DOI: 10.1080/09668130701289828
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    1. Benedict E. DeDominicis, 2013. "Lessons From Eastern Europe Political Transitions For Reunification Of The Korean Peninsula," Review of Business and Finance Studies, The Institute for Business and Finance Research, vol. 4(2), pages 49-62.

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