Scholars of post-communist politics often argue that parties in new democracies lack strong organizations - sizable membership, local presence, and professional

The question of how political parties are, and ought to be, regulated has assumed an increased importance in recent years, both within the scholarly community a

Margit Tavits demonstrates that the successful establishment of a political party in a new democracy crucially depends on the strength of its organization.

The editor of this book has brought together contributions designed to capture the essence of post-communist politics in East-Central Europe and Eurasia. Rather

The book extends research on the territorial structure of party systems (party nationalization) to 20 post-communist democracies. It explains party nationalisat