Informal Politics in Post-Communist Europe: Political Parties, Clientelism and State Capture

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Michal Klíma (Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic.)

Informal Politics in Post-Communist Europe

Political Parties, Clientelism and State Capture

Michal Klíma (Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic.)

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Routledge
01 April 2021

Regional studies; Social & political philosophy; Political structures: democracy; Political parties; Regional geography

Series: Routledge Studies on Political Parties and Party Systems

"This book offers a fascinating, thought-provoking and ground-breaking study of post-communist political life. It is published just as the countries of Central and Eastern Europe mark thirty years since gaining freedom and have embarked on the path of democracy.

This book is one of the first full-length academic works to explore the question of how informal structures, headed by bosses, godfathers and oligarchs, affect formal party politics and democracy. The unique post-communist transition is observed as a specific historical moment of disorder, offering a window of opportunity for the large-scale exploitation of public resources in the sense of a kind of ""Klondike Gold Rush."" Phenomena of corruption, clientelism, patronage, party capture and state capture are topical themes that are deeply explored.

This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of Central and Eastern European politics, democratisation, transitional societies, clientelism, party systems and more broadly of comparative and European politics."

By: Michal Klíma (Metropolitan University Prague Czech Republic.)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 322g
ISBN: 9780367777036
ISBN 10: 0367777037
Series: Routledge Studies on Political Parties and Party Systems
Pages: 202
Publication Date: 01 April 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michal Klíma is a professor of political science and currently the Rector of the Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic. He is a frequent commentator on Czech television and has authored several works on issues related to political life in the country and in the post-communist region.