Party system stabilisation in Central Europe: Record and prospects in a changing economic context

Lewis, Paul (2009). Party system stabilisation in Central Europe: Record and prospects in a changing economic context. In: General Conference of European Consortium for Political Research, 10-12 September 2009, Potsdam.

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Abstract

The passage of twenty years since the end of communism in Central Europe prompts comparison with the twenty-year period of national independence and attempted democracy between the two world wars. The recent period has clearly been far more successful than the earlier period - and until very recently has avoided the economic turbulence and crisis tendencies that afflicted Europe in the 1930s. But in view of the rather weakly rooted democracy in Central Europe and its poorly institutionalised party systems, we most now consider whether the current economic crisis represents some kind of threat to party system stability and the persistence of successful democratic regimes. Recent responses to crisis in terms of direct action and electoral response are considered, as are their implications for our understanding of ongoing institutionalisation processes.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Copyright Holders:	2009 Paul G. Lewis
Keywords:	Central Europe; democratisation; party system; institutionalisation; economic crisis;
Academic Unit/School:	Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Politics, Philosophy, Economics, Development, Geography Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
Interdisciplinary Research Centre:	Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG)
Item ID:	18455
Depositing User:	Paul Lewis
Date Deposited:	23 Sep 2009 15:53
Last Modified:	04 Oct 2016 10:28
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/18455
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