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List of Tables

List of Contributors

PART I. INSTITUTIONAL ENGINEERING IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

Institutional Engineering and Transition to Democracy

Klaus von Beyme

Constitutions and Constitution-Building: A Comparative Perspective

Robert Elgie

Jan Zielonka

Constitutional Design and Problems of Implementation in Southern and Eastern Europe

Leonardo Morlino

PART II. INSTITUTIONAL ENGINEERING IN A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Estonia: Positive and Negative Institutional Engineering

Vello Pettai

Rebuilding Democracy in Latvia: Overcoming a Dual Legacy

Adolf Sprudzs

Institutional Engineering in Lithuania: Stability through Compromise

Nida Gelazis

Bulgaria: The (Ir)Relevance of Post-communist Constitutionalism

Venelin I. Ganev

Constitutionalism as a Vehicle for Democratic Consolidation in Romania

Renate Weber

Ukraine: Tormented Constitution-Making

Kataryna Wolczuk

Power Imbalance and Institutional Interests in Russian Constitutional Engineering

Gadis Gadzhiev

Constitutionalism in Belarus: A False Start

Alexander Lukashuk

The Czech Republic: From the Burden of the Old Federal Constitution to the Constitutional Horse Trading among Political Parties

Petr Kopecky

Slovakia: From the Ambiguous Constitution to the Dominance of Informal Rules

Darina Malova

Slovenia: From Elite Consensus to Democratic Consolidation

Miro Cerar

Hungary's Pliable Constitution

Istvan Szikinger

Legitimacy: The Price of a Delayed Constitution in Poland

Miroslaw Wyrzykowski

Conclusions: On the Relevance of Institutions and the Centrality of Constitutions in Post-communist Transitions

Wojciech Sadurski

Selected Bibliography

Index