"Based on extensive and detailed empirical analysis and written with clarity and precision, Political Parties and the State in Postcommunist Europe enhances our understanding of the relationship between political parties and the state in Central and Eastern Europe. Its publication is very much to be welcomed." - Slavonic and East European Review, vol. 89, no. 1, January 2011

• Introduction1. Political Parties and the State in Post-Communist Europe: The Nature of Symbiosis2. The Rise of the Partisan State? Parties, Patronage and the Ministerial Bureaucracy in Hungary3. State Party Funding and Patronage in Post-1989 Poland4. Bratislava, Powered by the State: The Role of Public Resources in Party-Building in Slovakia5. From Private Organizations to Democratic Infrastructure: Political Parties and the State in Estonia6. The Influence of Party Patronage and State Finance on Electoral Outcomes: Evidence from Romania7. Managing Democracy: Political Parties and the State in Russia

"Based on extensive and detailed empirical analysis and written with clarity and precision, Political Parties and the State in Postcommunist Europe enhances our understanding of the relationship between political parties and the state in Central and Eastern Europe. Its publication is very much to be welcomed." - Slavonic and East European Review, vol. 89, no. 1, January 2011

• Introduction1. Political Parties and the State in Post-Communist Europe: The Nature of Symbiosis2. The Rise of the Partisan State? Parties, Patronage and the Ministerial Bureaucracy in Hungary3. State Party Funding and Patronage in Post-1989 Poland4. Bratislava, Powered by the State: The Role of Public Resources in Party-Building in Slovakia5. From Private Organizations to Democratic Infrastructure: Political Parties and the State in Estonia6. The Influence of Party Patronage and State Finance on Electoral Outcomes: Evidence from Romania7. Managing Democracy: Political Parties and the State in Russia

"Based on extensive and detailed empirical analysis and written with clarity and precision, Political Parties and the State in Postcommunist Europe enhances our understanding of the relationship between political parties and the state in Central and Eastern Europe. Its publication is very much to be welcomed." - Slavonic and East European Review, vol. 89, no. 1, January 2011

• Introduction1. Political Parties and the State in Post-Communist Europe: The Nature of Symbiosis2. The Rise of the Partisan State? Parties, Patronage and the Ministerial Bureaucracy in Hungary3. State Party Funding and Patronage in Post-1989 Poland4. Bratislava, Powered by the State: The Role of Public Resources in Party-Building in Slovakia5. From Private Organizations to Democratic Infrastructure: Political Parties and the State in Estonia6. The Influence of Party Patronage and State Finance on Electoral Outcomes: Evidence from Romania7. Managing Democracy: Political Parties and the State in Russia