Orphans of Transition: Gypsies in Eastern Europe

A number of countries in East-Central Europe are facing a grave crisis of constitutional democracy. As their governments seek to undermine the institutional limits on their power, constitutional courts have…

Evidence from the postcommunist countries shows that the strength of the legislature may be the institutional key to democratic consolidation.

Why are the unfree regimes of the former Soviet world proving so durable? A lack of ideology and—perhaps surprisingly—a degree of openness are proving to be not so much problems…