Governing the Post-Communist City: Institutions and Democratic Development in Prague

by Martin Horák

When faced with the rapid and disorienting transition from communism to democracy, many eastern European leaders sought simple, immediately rewarding answers to complex policy problems. Undoubtedly, this hurried approach had a significant impact on the quality of democratic government in formerly communist countries. Through an analysis of urban politics in Prague between 1990 and 2000, Governing the Post-Communist City sheds new light on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802093280
• ISBN13: 9780802093288
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher