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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1. Introduction 2. Evaluating the Quality of Democracy 3.Representation: Descriptive Characteristics of ParliamentaryRepresentatives 4. Participation: Voter Turnout, Membershipin Civil Society Organizations and Direct Legislation 5.Competition: Party and Party System Institutionalization 6.Accountability: Executive-Legislative Relations and theConstitutional Tribunal 7. Conclusions

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Democracy in PolandRepresentation, participation, competitionand accountability since 1989

Anna Gwiazda, King's College, London

Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern EuropeSeries

This book assesses the quality of democracy in Poland fromthe collapse of communism in 1989 up to the 2011parliamentary election. It presents an in-depth studycomparing two decades of democratic politics. The bookis an important contribution to debates on the performanceof the new democracies in Central and Eastern Europe,where some scholars argue that there is a ‘democratic crisis’.The book shows that democratic quality stems from gooddemocratic institutions, and concludes that effectiveaccountability, good representation and stable competitionare vital.

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