Rebuilding Leviathan: party competition and state exploitation in post-communist democracies

✍ Scribed by Anna Maria Grzymała-Busse

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Leaves: 293
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Frontmatter
Acknowledgments (page xi)
List of Political Party Abbreviations and Acronyms (page xiii)
1 INTRODUCTION (page 1)
2 COMPETING FOR THE STATE (page 29)
3 DEVELOPING THE FORMAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE STATE (page 81)
4 THE EXPANSION OF STATE ADMINISTRATION: PATRONAGE OR EXPLOITATION? (page 133)
5 PRIVATIZING THE STATE: PARTY FUNDING STRATEGIES (page 182)
CONCLUSION (page 222)
APPENDIX A: PEAK PARTY ORGANIZATIONS IN POST-COMMUNIST DEMOCRACIES, 1990-2004 (page 229)
APPENDIX B: DETERMINING STATE ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYMENT AND RATE OF GROWTH (page 233)
APPENDIX C: ANCHORING VIGNETTES (page 242)
Bibliography (page 247)
Index (page 269)

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