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Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics Ser.: Rebuilding Leviathan : Party Competition and State Exploitation in Post-Communist Democracies by Anna Grzymala-Busse (2007, Trade Paperback)

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Rebuilding Leviathan : Party Competition and State Exploitation in Post-communist Democracies, Paperback by Grzymaa-Busse, Anna Maria, ISBN 0521696151, ISBN-13 9780521696159, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This book examines how competing political parties rebuilt the state in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521696151

ISBN-139780521696159

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Number of Pages294 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameRebuilding Leviathan : Party Competition and State Exploitation in Post-Communist Democracies

Publication Year2007

SubjectGeneral, Political Process / Political Parties

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science

AuthorAnna Grzymala-Busse

SeriesCambridge Studies in Comparative Politics Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight14.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2006-026397

Reviews"What makes this book a valuable addition to the politics of transition studies is the detailed and empirically based comparative examination of various stratagems that parties have pursued in nine countries.... This book can be strongly recommended to scholars as well as policy makers." -R. P. Peters, University of Massachusetts at Boston, for Choice Magazine, "Following her successful book on successor Communist parties in Eastern Europe, Anna Grzymala-Busse, in Rebuilding Leviathan, examines the impact of party competition on state building. Although market economies and electoral democracies are pervasive in the region, the record of state-building is mixed. In her original and well-researched study, Grymala-Busse argues that the variation can be explained by the degree of "robust" competition between political parties--that is, whether opposition parties are distinct, provide a plausible governing alternative, and are effective critics. She provides an effective critique both of those who dismiss the impact of party competition on institution building and those who miss the nuances of real-world party politics. Robust competition can persuade incumbents to create independent oversight bodies, limit clientalistic behavior, and control rent-seeking by public officials. In spite of its regional focus, the lessons of Rebuilding Leviathan will be of great interest to students of state reform and democratic transition throughout the world, especially in the middle-income countries of Latin American and Asia, where party competition is of increasing importance." Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale University

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal324.20947

Table Of Content1. Introduction; 2. Competing for the state; 3. Developing the formal institutions of the state; 4. The expansion of state administration: exploitation or patronage?; 5. Privatizing the state: party financing strategies.

SynopsisWhy do some governing parties limit their opportunistic behaviour and constrain the extraction of private gains from the state? This analysis of post-communist state reconstruction provides surprising answers to this fundamental question of party politics. Across the post-communist democracies, governing parties have opportunistically reconstructed the state - simultaneously exploiting it by extracting state resources and building new institutions that further such extraction. They enfeebled or delayed formal state institutions of monitoring and oversight, established new discretionary structures of state administration, and extracted enormous informal profits from the privatization of the communist economy. By examining how post-communist political parties rebuilt the state in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia, Grzymala-Busse explains how even opportunistic political parties will limit their corrupt behaviour and abuse of state resources when faced with strong political competition., By examining how post-communist political parties rebuilt the state in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia, Grzymala-Busse explains how even opportunistic political parties will limit their corrupt behaviour and abuse of state resources when faced with strong political competition., Why do some governing parties limit their opportunistic behavior and constrain the extraction of private gains from the state? This analysis of post-communist state reconstruction provides surprising answers to this fundamental question of party politics. Across the post-communist democracies, governing parties have opportunistically reconstructed the state - simultaneously exploiting it by extracting state resources and building new institutions that further such extraction. They enfeebled or delayed formal state institutions of monitoring and oversight, established new discretionary structures of state administration, and extracted enormous informal profits from the privatization of the communist economy. By examining how post-communist political parties rebuilt the state in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia, Grzymala-Busse explains how even opportunistic political parties will limit their corrupt behavior and abuse of state resources when faced with strong political competition.

LC Classification NumberJN96.A979G78 2007