Routledge Handbook of East European Politics

Adam Fagan is Professor of European Politics at King's College London, UK.Petra Guasti is Associate Professor of Democratic Theory at Charles University, Czech Republic.Petr Kopecký is a Professor of Political Science at Leiden University, The Netherlands.

• Introduction: Polity, Policy and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe Beyond the Transition Paradigm Part I: Regime Dynamics 1. Variety of Eastern European Regimes 2. Democratic Regression and Resilience in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989 3. The Post-Soviet Autocracies 4. Varieties of Capitalism and Welfare States in Post-Socialist Europe: Dependency, Financialization, and Post–Global Financial Crisis Transformations Part II: Political Institutions and Processes 5. Presidents, Governments, and Parliaments in Eastern Europe 6. The Adaptation and Transformation of Political Parties in Central and Eastern Europe 7. Electoral Behaviour in Eastern Europe: Voter Turnout and Vote Choice 8. Electoral Clientelism in Central and Eastern Europe 9. The Rule of Law and Judicial Politics in Central and Eastern Europe 10. Bureaucracies between Reform and Autocratisation in Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans: Towards ‘Bureaucracies with Adjectives’? 11. Center-Periphery Relations and Regional Politics in Central and Eastern Europe 12. Media Politics in Central Eastern Europe Part III: Society, Identity and Culture 13. Social Movements, Civil Society, Protest Mobilization, and Contentious Politics in post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe 14. Politics of Gender in East-Central Europe 15. LGBTIQ Politics after Communism 6. Disinformation in Eastern Europe: Mapping the State of Research 17. The Politics of the Environment in Eastern Europe 18. Corruption and Anti-corruption in Post-communist Europe 19. Poverty and Income Inequality in Central and Eastern Europe Part IV: International Relations and Geopolitics 20. Eastern Europe in the World 21. Eastern Europe in the EU 22. The Future of EU Enlargement 23. Russia’s war against Ukraine 24. Contested Borders in Central and Eastern Europe: Kin-State Politics, De Facto States, and Conflicts over Sovereignty

“This is an indispensable volume for all students of East Central Europe, with its wide ranging and expert coverage from the most prominent scholars in the field.”Anna Grzymala-Busse, Stanford University, USA“The countries of Central and Eastern Europe have become amalgam of political phenomena that far outstrip their erstwhile characterization as merely ‘post-communist’. Through a three-tiered lens of polity, policy and politics, this volume has brought to being both a trenchant and useful analytical framework for recalibrating our understanding of political development in this region. It will lead us forward insightfully for many years to come.”Vello Pettai, University of Tartu, Estonia“This volume underlines that the politics of central and eastern Europe are not about the past catching up to the present. It rather explains how the political dynamics of the region allow all students of democracy to discern the challenges of the future. As such, the volume enlightens our understanding of the tensions facing contemporary democracy everywhere.”Jan Rovny, Sciences Po, Paris, France