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    Central Asia
      Sally Cummings, Kazakhstan: Centre-Periphery Relations, Royal Institute of International Affairs: London, Washington, D.C., 2000.

      Martha Brill Olcott, Central Asia's New States: Independence, Foreign Policy, and Regional Security, United States Institute of Peace Press: Washington, DC, 1996.


    Central Europe
      Argentine-Czech Forum, Nueva Mayoría.com. Participants: Rosendo Fraga, Jiri Kraus, Lenka Rovna, and Jan Sokol. In Spanish, English and Czech. At: http://www.nuevamayoria.com/index.htm

      Martin Btora, Grigorij Mesežnikov, Zora Btorov and Sharon Fisher, eds., The 1998 Parliamentary Elections and Democratic Rebirth in Slovakia, Institute for Public Affairs: Bratislava, Slovakia, 1999.

      Andrs Krsnyi, Government and Politics in Hungary, Central European University Press: Budapest, Hungary, 1999.

      Richard E. Starr, ed., Transition to Democracy in Poland, St. Martin's Press, Inc.: New York, NY, 1998.


    Eastern Europe & Baltics
      Sherman W. Garnett and Robert Legvold, eds., Belarus at the Crossroads, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC, 1999.


    Multi-Regional
      Attila Agh, Emerging Democracies in East Central Europe and the Balkans, Edward Elgar: North Hampton, MA, 1998.

      Sorin Antohi and Vladimir Tismaneanu, eds., Between Past and Future: The Revolutions of 1989 and Their Aftermath, Central European University Press: Budapest, Hungary, 2000.

      Daren Dawisha and Bruce Parrot, eds., Democratic Changes and Authoritarian Reactions in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova, Cambridge University Press: UK, 1997.

      Jon Elster, Claus Offe and Ulrich K. Preuss, Institutional Design in Post-Communist Societies: Rebuilding the Ship at Sea, Cambridge University Press: UK, 1998.

      Ann M. Florini, ed., The Third Force: The Rise of Transnational Civil Society, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC, 2000.

      Jane S. Jaquette and Sharon L. Wolchik, eds., Women and Democracy: Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe, Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, MD, 1998.

      Adrian Karatnycky, Alexander Motyl and Charles Grabow, eds., Nations in Transit: Civil Society, Democracy and Markets in Eastern Central Europe and the Newly Independent States, Freedom House: USA, 1999.

      Herbert Kitschelt, Zdenka Mansfeldova, Radoslaw Markowski and Gbor Tka, Post-Communist Party Systems: Competition, Representation and Inter-Party Cooperation, Cambridge University Press: UK, 1999.

      Wojciech Kostecki, Katarzyna Zukrowska and Bogdan J. Gralczyk, eds., Transformations of Post-Communist States, St. Martin's Press, Inc.: New York, NY, 2000.

      Ruth Lapidoth, Autonomy: Flexible Solutions to Ethnic Conflicts, United States Institute of Peace Press: Washington, DC, 1996.

      Paul G. Lewis, Political Parties in Post-Communist Eastern Europe, Routledge: New York, 2000.

      Patrice C. McMahon, "Building Civil Societies in East Central Europe: The Effect of American Non-governmental Organizations on Women's Groups", Democratization, issue 8.2, Frank Cass Publishers: London, 2001.

      William L. Miller, se B. Grdeland and Tatyana Y. Koshechkina, A Culture of Corruption? Coping with Government in Post-Communist Europe, Central European University Press: Budapest, Hungary, 2001.

      John D. Nagle and Alison Mahr, "East-Central Europe, the EU and Globalizing Capitalism: What Kind of Democratization, What Kind of Democracy?" in Democracy and Democratization, Sage Publications: London, 1999.

      Richard Rose, William Mishler and Christian Haerpfer, Democracy and its Alternatives: Understanding Post-Communist Societies, The John Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, MD, 1998.

      Danny Siegel and Jenny Yancey, The Rebirth of Civil Society: The Development of the Nonprofit Sector in East Central Europe and the Role of Western Assistance, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc.: New York, NY, 1992.

      Robert Zuzowski, Political Change in Eastern Europe Since 1989: Prospects for Liberal Democracy and a Market Economy, Praeger: Westport, CT, 1998.


    Russia
      James Alexander, Political Culture in Post-Communist Russia, St. Martin's Press, Inc.: New York, NY, 2000.

      Timothy J. Colton, Transitional Citizens: Voters and What Influences Them in the New Russia, Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA, 2000.

      Harry Eckstein, Frederick J. Fleron, Jr, Erik P. Hoffmann and William M. Reisinger (ed.), "Can Democracy Take Root in Post-Soviet Russia? Explorations in State-Society Relations", Democratization, issue 8.2, Frank Cass Publishers: London, 2001.

      Robert G. Moser, Unexpected Outcomes: Electoral Systems, Political Parties, and Representation in Russia, University of Pittsburgh Press: Pittsburgh, PA, 2001.

      Peter Reddaway and Dmitri Glinski, The Tragedy of Russia's Reforms: Market Bolshevism Against Democracy, United States Institute of Peace Press: Washington, DC, 2001.

      Neil Robinson, Institutes and Political Change in Russia, St. Martin's Press, Inc.: New York, NY, 2000.

      Steven S. Smith, The Politics of Institutional Choice: The Formation of the Russian State Duma, Princeton University Press: Princeton, NJ, 2001.

      James W. Warhola, "Is the Russian Federation Becoming More Democratic? Moscow-Regional Relations and the Development of the Post-Soviet Russian State," Democratization, issue 6.2, Frank Cass Publishers: London, 1999.


    Southeastern Europe
      Elez Biberaj, Albania in Transition: The Rocky Road to Democracy, Westview Press: Oxford, UK, 1998.

      Human Rights at the Turn of the New Millennium in the Republic of Moldova, Moldova Helsinki Committee. For information, write to: chdom@moldnet.md.

      Monitoring the Media Coverage of the February 2001 Parliamentary Elections in Moldova, European Institute for the Media. For information, write to: info@eim.org or go to http://www.eim.org.

      Lavinia Stan, Romania in Transition, Dartmouth Publishing Company: USA, 1997.


    Ukraine
      Sarah Birch, Elections and Democratization in Ukraine, St. Martin's Press: New York, 2000.

      Paul Kubicek, "The Limits of Electoral Democracy in Ukraine," Democratization, issue 8.2, Frank Cass Publishers: London, 2001.

      Taras Kuzio, Robert S. Kravchuk and Paul D'Anieri, eds., State and Institution Building in Ukraine, St. Martin's Press, Inc.: New York, NY, 1999.