Introduction: Defining Central and Eastern Europe / Judy Batt
The Czech Republic and Slovakia / Kieran Williams
The Balkans since 1989: the winding retreat from national communism / Tom Gallagher
Ukraine and post-Soviet Europe: authoritarian consolidation or renewed reform? / Andrew Wilson
Executive leadership: presidents and governments / Ray Taras
Structures of representation: the new parliaments of Central and Eastern Europe / Petr Kopecky
Political parties / Paul G. Lewis
Elections and voting behaviour / Krzysztof Jasiewicz
Constitutional engineering in Central and Eastern Europe / Klaus von Beyme
Managing transition economies / George Blazyca
Changing societies: class and inequality in Central and Eastern Europe / Terry Cox
The implications of EU enlargement / Heather Grabbe
Democratization in Central and Eastern Europe: a comparative perspective / Geoffrey Pridham.
