POSTCOMMUNIST PRESIDENTS

by Taras, Ray

First Edition

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Book desription: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997 ix, 250 pp. Introduction, 7 essays, notes, afterword, select bibliography, index. This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of the role of presidents in postcommunist states. The countries studied are Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakstan among former Soviet republics, and Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary among Central European states. Leading experts assess presidential elections, presidential powers, president-parliament relations, and related issues. Contents: Introduction: some thoughts on presidentialism in postcommunist Europe. Separating power: keeping presidents in check. Russia: presidential leadership under Yeltsin. Ukraine: two presidents and their powers. Kazakstan: Nursultan Nazarbaev as strong president. Poland: Walesa's legacy to the presidency. The Czech Republic: Havel and the evolution of the presidency since 1989. Hungary: political transition and executive conflict: the balance or fragmentation of power? Afterword: the making of postcommunist presidencies. CONDITION: Small bump to top edge of front board; moderately large bump to top edge of rear board. Some minor light-colored soiling to dark covers.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16 x 24 cm.

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