{"product_id":"9780415365574","title":"Post-Communist and Post-Soviet Parliaments: The Initial Decade","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe sudden collapse of communism stimulated both the rapid emergence of fledgling democracies and scholarly attention to the post-communist transition. These newly democratized parliaments have been described as \"parliaments in adolescence\". \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book identifies six parliaments which exemplify the wide range of developments in the new post-communist political systems, from the stable consolidated democracies to the less stable and more authoritarian states, within which their respective parliaments function. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally the post-communist parliaments are compared with the presumptively more established west European parliaments. This book bridges the usual gap in research between the post-communist parliaments and more \"normal\" democratic parliaments to develop a common legislative research perspective on both new and established parliaments. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was previously published as a special issue of the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Legislative Studies\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46256321429745,"sku":"9780415365574","price":235.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780415365574_p0.jpg?v=1764997053","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780415365574","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}