Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-404) and index.
Contents
Economic conditions and election results -- Comparative cross-regional analysis -- Paired case studies -- The incumbency hypothesis -- The new regime hypothesis -- The old regime hypothesis -- Comparative analysis -- Economic voting and postcommunist politics.
Summary
This book examines the effect of economic conditions on election results in five post-communist countries - Russia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic - in the first decade of post-communist elections. It is the first book length study of economic voting outside of established democracies.
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