Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Acronyms -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Surviving Democracy -- Model Summary -- The Broader Setting -- Definitions -- Case Selection and Source Materials -- Organization -- 1 The Roots of Regeneration: Communist Practices and Elite Resources -- Specifying the Legacies -- Communist Takeovers and Regime Crises -- Organizational Practices -- Czechoslovakia -- Elite Advancement Policies -- Public Policy Reform and Negotiation -- Poland -- Elite Advancement Policies -- Public Policy Reform and Negotiation -- Hungary -- Elite Advancement Policies -- Public Policy Reform and Negotiation -- The Legacies and Their Results -- Conclusion: Communist Legacies Reexamined -- 2 Breaking with the Past, Reorganizing for the Future -- Elite Turnover -- Centralization -- Breaking with the Past -- The Timing of Transformation -- The Czech KSCM -- Centralization -- Breaking with the Past -- The Slovak SDL' -- Centralization -- Breaking with the Past -- The Polish SdRP -- Breaking with the Past -- The Hungarian MSzP -- Centralization -- Breaking with the Past -- Timing and Sequencing -- Conclusion -- 3 Developing Programmatic Responsiveness -- Organizational Bases for Programmatic Transformations -- Voter Priorities and Social Cleavages -- Economic Policy -- Secularism and Nationalism -- Expertise, Competent Managers, and the Creation of New Issues -- The Czech KSCM -- Programmatic Responsiveness -- Economic Policy -- Secularism and Nationalism -- Expertise, Competent Managers, and the Creation of New Issues -- The Slovak SDL' -- Economic Policy -- Secularism and Nationalism -- Expertise, Competent Managers, and the Creation of New Issues -- The Polish SdRP -- Economic Policy -- Secularism and Nationalism.

Expertise, Competent Managers, and the Creation of New Issues -- The Hungarian MSzP -- Conclusion -- 4 Convincing the Voters: Campaigns and Elections -- Electoral Campaigns -- Electoral Appeals and Election Outcomes -- The Czech KSCM -- Electoral Campaigns -- Party Image and Support -- Electoral Performance -- The Slovak SDL' -- Electoral Campaigns -- Party Image and Support -- Electoral Performance -- The Polish SdRP -- Electoral Campaigns -- Party Image and Support -- Electoral Performance -- The Hungarian MSzP -- Electoral Campaigns -- Party Image and Support -- Electoral Performance -- Conclusion -- 5 Parliamentary Effectiveness and Coalitions -- Parliamentary Acceptance -- Parliamentary Cohesion -- The Czech KSCM -- Parliamentary Acceptance -- Parliamentary Cohesion -- The Slovak SDL' -- Parliamentary Acceptance -- Parliamentary Cohesion -- The Polish SdRP -- Parliamentary Acceptance -- Parliamentary Cohesion -- The Hungarian MSzP -- Parliamentary Acceptance -- Parliamentary Cohesion -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Succeeding in Democracy -- Testing the Analysis -- Theoretical Implications -- Appendix A The Content Analysis of Programs -- Documents Used -- Czech Republic -- Slovakia -- Poland -- Coding Rules -- Appendix B The Quantitative Analysis of Electorates -- Rules for Party Support, Induced via the LERS Machine Learning Algorithm -- Poland -- Czech Republic -- Slovakia -- Hungary -- Appendix C Structures of Competition -- Bibliography -- Party Publications (Arranged Chronologically by Party) -- KSCS -- KSCM -- KSS-SDL' -- SDL' -- PZPR -- SdRP -- Archival Sources -- Newspapers and News Services -- Poland -- Slovakia -- Czech Republic -- Hungary -- Index.