The new edition of this market-leading text brings together specially commissioned chapters by a team of top international scholars on the changing politics of this diverse region negotiating the competing pulls of the European Union and post-communist Russia.

Stephen White is James Bryce Professor of Politics at the University of Glasgow, UK and Visiting Professor at the Institute of Applied Politics in Moscow, Russia.

Introduction: Defining Central and Eastern Europe; Judy Batt
1. The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland; Frances Millard
2. The Other New Europeans; Tim Haughton
3. The Western Balkans; Judy Batt
4. The East Europeans: Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova; Andrew Wilson
5. The EU and Central and East European Politics; Nathaniel Copsey
6. The International Transformation and Re-regionalization of Eastern Europe; Rick Fawn
7. Executive Leadership; Ray Taras
8. Elections and Voters; Sarah Birch
9. Representation and Accountability: The Parliaments; David M. Olson
10. Political Parties; Paul G. Lewis
11. Citizens and Politics; Krzysztof Jasiewicz
12. Recovering from Transition in Eastern Europe: Neoliberal Reform in Retrospect; Mitchell A. Orenstein
13. Social Change and Social Policy; Terry Cox
14. The Quality of Post-Communist Democracy; Andrew Roberts.