Political parties in post-Soviet space: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, and the Baltics/ edited by Anatoly Kulik and Susanna Pshizova.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-255) and index.

Introduction : the multidimensionality of the context of post-Soviet transformation / Anatoly Kulik -- Political parties in post-Soviet Russia : an agent of democratic transition? / Anatoly Kulik -- Peculiarities of party politics in Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine : institutionalization or marginalization? / Andrei Tarnauski -- Party system development in Belarus, 1988-2001 : myths and realities / Elena Korosteleva -- Parties and party system in Moldova, 1990-2002 / Valeriu Moshneaga -- Influence of the electoral system on the role of the political parties in the development of democracy in Ukraine / Vladimir Fesenko -- Political parties and multiparty systems in the Baltic countries, 1990-2001 / Algis Krupavičius -- Political parties in Estonia / Rein Toomla -- Parties and party politics in Latvia : origins and current development / Andris Runcis -- Lithuania's political parties and party system, 1990-2001 / Algis Krupavičius -- Conclusion : party building in post-Soviet space : between imitation and simulation / Susanna Pshizova.