Table of Contents

PART I: INSTITUTIONAL ENGINEERING IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Klaus von Beyme: Institutional Engineering and Transition to Democracy
Robert Elgie and Jan Zielonka: Constitutions and Constitution-Building: A Comparative Perspective Robert Elgie and Jan Zielonka
Leonardo Morlino: Constitutional Design and Problems of Implementation in Southern and Eastern Europe
PART II: INSTITUTIONAL ENGINEERING IN A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Vello Pettai: Estonia: Positive and Negative Institutional Engineering
Adolf Sprudzs: Rebuilding Democracy in Latvia: Overcoming a Dual Legacy
Nida Gelazis: Institutional Engineering in Lithuania: Stability through Compromise
Venelin I. Ganev: Bulgaria: The (Ir)Relevance of Postcommunist Constitutionalism
Renate Weber: Constitutionalism as a Vehicle for Democratic Consolidation in Romania
Kasia Wolczuk: Ukraine: Tormented Constitution-Making
Gadis Gadzhiev: Power Imbalance and Institutional Interests in Russian Constitutional Engineering
Alexander Lukashuk: Constitutionalism in Belarus: A False Start
Petr Kopecky: The Czech Republic: From the Burden of the Old Federal Constitution to the Constitutional Horse Trading Among Political Parties
Darina Malová: Slovakia: From the Ambiguous Constitution to the Dominance of Informal Rules
Miro Cerar: Slovenia: From Elite Consensus to Democratic Consolidation
Istvan Szikinger: Hungary's Pliable Constitution
Miroslaw Wyrzykowski: Legitimacy: the Price of a Delayed Constitution in Poland
Wojciech Sadurski: Conclusions: On the Relevance of Institutions and the Centrality of Constitutions in Postcommunist Transitions

About the Author

Jan Zielonka, Professor of Political Science, Social and Political Sciences and the Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute