Hans-Dieter Klingemann is Professor of Political Science (emeritus) at the Freie Universität, Berlin, and Director (emeritus), Social Science Research Center Berlin, Germany.Dieter Fuchs is Professor of Political Science at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Jan Zielonka is Ralf Dahrendorf Fellow in European Politics at St. Anthony’s College, Oxford, UK.

• Introduction: Support for Democracy and Autocracy in Eastern Europe Part 1: Comparative Perspectives 1. Democratic Communities in Europe: A Comparison between East and West 2. East European Value Systems in Global Perspective 3. Historical and Cultural Borderlines in Eastern Europe Part 2: National Perspectives 4. The Czech Republic: Critical Democrats and the Persistence of Democratic Values 5. Slovenia in Central Europe - Merely Meteorological or a Value Kinship? 6. Hungary: Structure and Dynamics of Democratic Consolidation 7. Slovakia: Pathways to a Democratic Community 8. Poland: Citizens and Democratic Politics 9. Latvia: Democracy as an Abstract Value 10. Lithuania: Civic Society and Democratic Orientation 11. Estonia: Changing Value Patterns in a Divided Society 12. Romania: Fatalistic Political Cultures Revisited 13. Bulgaria: Democratic Orientations in Support of Civil Society 14. Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine: Construction of Democratic Communities

Hans-Dieter Klingemann is Professor of Political Science (emeritus) at the Freie Universität, Berlin, and Director (emeritus), Social Science Research Center Berlin, Germany.Dieter Fuchs is Professor of Political Science at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Jan Zielonka is Ralf Dahrendorf Fellow in European Politics at St. Anthony’s College, Oxford, UK.

• Introduction: Support for Democracy and Autocracy in Eastern Europe Part 1: Comparative Perspectives 1. Democratic Communities in Europe: A Comparison between East and West 2. East European Value Systems in Global Perspective 3. Historical and Cultural Borderlines in Eastern Europe Part 2: National Perspectives 4. The Czech Republic: Critical Democrats and the Persistence of Democratic Values 5. Slovenia in Central Europe - Merely Meteorological or a Value Kinship? 6. Hungary: Structure and Dynamics of Democratic Consolidation 7. Slovakia: Pathways to a Democratic Community 8. Poland: Citizens and Democratic Politics 9. Latvia: Democracy as an Abstract Value 10. Lithuania: Civic Society and Democratic Orientation 11. Estonia: Changing Value Patterns in a Divided Society 12. Romania: Fatalistic Political Cultures Revisited 13. Bulgaria: Democratic Orientations in Support of Civil Society 14. Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine: Construction of Democratic Communities

Hans-Dieter Klingemann is Professor of Political Science (emeritus) at the Freie Universität, Berlin, and Director (emeritus), Social Science Research Center Berlin, Germany.Dieter Fuchs is Professor of Political Science at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Jan Zielonka is Ralf Dahrendorf Fellow in European Politics at St. Anthony’s College, Oxford, UK.

• Introduction: Support for Democracy and Autocracy in Eastern Europe Part 1: Comparative Perspectives 1. Democratic Communities in Europe: A Comparison between East and West 2. East European Value Systems in Global Perspective 3. Historical and Cultural Borderlines in Eastern Europe Part 2: National Perspectives 4. The Czech Republic: Critical Democrats and the Persistence of Democratic Values 5. Slovenia in Central Europe - Merely Meteorological or a Value Kinship? 6. Hungary: Structure and Dynamics of Democratic Consolidation 7. Slovakia: Pathways to a Democratic Community 8. Poland: Citizens and Democratic Politics 9. Latvia: Democracy as an Abstract Value 10. Lithuania: Civic Society and Democratic Orientation 11. Estonia: Changing Value Patterns in a Divided Society 12. Romania: Fatalistic Political Cultures Revisited 13. Bulgaria: Democratic Orientations in Support of Civil Society 14. Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine: Construction of Democratic Communities