Parties, Trade Unions and Society in East-Central Europe

Originally published in 1994, this volume analyses the relationship between political parties and trade unions in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria. Political parties had high visibility in the changes that took place in Eastern Europe during the 1980s and early 1990s. Far less visible were the developments in the trade union sphere, where the old 'mass organizations' of the communist period, now independent, were joined by newly-formed organizations, and both played a central role in politics.

Michael Waller was Director of European Studies at the University of Keele. Stéphane Courtois is Director of REsearch at the French National Centre for Scientific Research. Marc Lazar is Director of the Doctoral School at the Paris Institute of Political Studies.

1. Civil Society and the Development of Political Parties in East Central Europe 2. Political Actors and Political Roles in East-Central Europe 3. Social Forces and Changes of Political Regime: The Question of Democratic Government 4. Czech and Slovak Trade Unions 5. Great Expectations - Fading Hopes: Trade Unions and System-Change in Hungary 6. Trade Unions, Political Parties and Governments in Bulgaria, 1982-92 7. The Feud Within Solidarity's Offspring 8. Trade Unions and Economic Transformation in Poland 9. Trade Unions, Industrial Relations and Politics in Russia 10. Parties and Trade Unions in Eastern Europe: The Shifting Distribution of Political and Economic Power.