| #1303938 in Books | Johns Hopkins University Press | 2006-08-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x1.02 x6.00l,1.22 | File type: PDF | 296 pages | ||||"This book presents a vital new contribution to the growing literature on the postcommunist state and will be essential reading for comparative politics scholars interested in the effects of parties on state-building. " (Mitchell Orenstein, Maxwell School of
Here, Conor O'Dwyer introduces the phenomenon of runaway state-building as a consequence of patronage politics in underdeveloped, noncompetitive party systems. Analyzing the cases of three newly democratized nations in Eastern Europe―Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia―O’Dwyer argues that competition among political parties constrains patronage-led state expansion.
O’Dwyer uses democratization as a starting point, examining its effects on ot...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Runaway State-Building: Patronage Politics and Democratic Development | Conor O'Dwyer. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!
