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03286aam a2200445 i 4500 001 B47CCB3E6BEF11E5917E58C1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20151006010103 008 130426s2013 enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013008967 020 $a 1107683351 (paperback) 020 $a 9781107683358 (paperback) 020 $a 1107035694 (hardback) 020 $a 9781107035690 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)813858570 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d UKMGB $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d CDX $d COO $d YUS $d PUL $d OCLCF $d MUU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e------ 050 00 $a JN12 $b .T38 2013 082 00 $a 324.2094 $2 23 100 1 $a Tavits, Margit. 245 10 $a Post-communist democracies and party organization / $c Margit Tavits, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. 264 1 $a Cambridge : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2013. 300 $a viii, 289 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-276) and index. 520 $a "Scholars of post-communist politics often argue that parties in new democracies lack strong organizations -- sizable membership, local presence, and professional management -- because they don't need them to win elections and they may hinder a party's flexibility and efficiency in office. Post-Communist Democracies and Party Organization explains why some political parties are better able than others to establish themselves in new democracies and why some excel at staying unified in parliament, whereas others remain dominated by individuals. Focusing on the democratic transitions in post-communist Europe from 1990 to 2010, Margit Tavits demonstrates that the successful establishment of a political party in a new democracy crucially depends on the strength of its organization. Yet not all parties invest in organization development. Tavits finds that when parties recognize the potential of organization building, it is often the result of pragmatic professional leaders and particularly competitive, even hostile, electoral environments. This book uses data from ten post-communist democracies, including detailed analysis of parties in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, and Poland."--Publisher's website. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Organizing for success: party organization and party performance -- Organizations at work: assessing the causal mechanisms -- Organizing for unity: organizational strength and parties in parliament -- Power within parties: the consequences of sub-unit organizational strength -- Environment, ideology, and leaders: why do some parties have strong and others weak organizations? -- Conclusion. 650 0 $a Democratization $z Europe. 650 0 $a Post-communism $z Europe. 650 0 $a Political parties $z Europe. 651 0 $a Europe $x Politics and government $y 1989- 650 7 $a Democratization. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00890123 650 7 $a Political parties. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069410 650 7 $a Political science. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069781 650 7 $a Post-communism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01072730 651 7 $a Europe. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01245064 648 7 $a Since 1989 $2 fast 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214022138.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B47CCB3E6BEF11E5917E58C1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search