Title Postcommunist presidents / edited by Ray Taras

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997

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Description ix, 250 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Contents Introduction: some thoughts on presidentialism in postcommunist Europe / Juan J. Linz -- 1. Separating power: keeping presidents in check / Raymond Taras -- 2. Russia: presidential leadership under Yeltsin / Stephen White -- 3. Ukraine: two presidents and their powers / Andrew Wilson -- 4. Kazakstan: Nursultan Nazarbaev as strong president / Martha Brill Olcott -- 5. Poland: Walesa's legacy to the presidency / Krzysztof Jasiewicz -- 6. The Czech Republic: Havel and the evolution of the presidency since 1989 / Sharon L. Wolchik -- 7. Hungary: political transition and executive conflict: the balance or fragmentation of power? / Patrick H. O'Neil -- 8. Afterword: the making of postcommunist presidencies / Jon Elster Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-239) and index Subject Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern. Post-communism -- Former Soviet republics. Presidents -- Europe, Eastern. Presidents -- Former Soviet republics. SUBJECT Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90000580 Former Soviet republics -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115049 Author Taras, Ray, 1946- LC no. 96050024 ISBN 0521582822 (hardback) 0521587654 (paperback)

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