KICES - Koszalin Institute of Comparative European Studies www.kices.org Research Centre for East European Studies / Forschungsstelle Osteuropa Bremen www.forschungsstelle-osteuropa.de Publications on the Czech and Slovak Republics - A quarterly bibliography (POC) 4-2005 An overview of recent English- and German-language academic publications on the Czech and Slovak Republics Politics ............................................................................................................................... 1 Foreign and Security Policy ........................................................................................... 2 Economic and Social Issues.......................................................................................... 2 POLITICS Lukaš Linek/ Petra Rakušanova: Why Czech Parliamentary Party Groups Vote Less Unitedly. The Role of Frequent Voting and Big Majorities in Passing Bills, in: Sociologickỳ ùstav AV ČR, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 401-423 [June 2005] Zdenka Mansfeldová: Executive-Legislativ Relations in the Budgeting Process in the Czech Republik, in: Sociologickỳ ùstav AV ČR, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 401-423 [June 2005] Adam Fagan: Taking stock of civil-society development in post-communist Europe. Evidence from the Czech Republic, in: Democratization, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 528 – 547 [August 2005] Pavel Pecínka: Grüne Bande. Die tschechischen Grünen zwischen Prag und Brüssel in: Osteuropa, Vol. 55, No. 11, pp. 43 – 54 [November 2005] Jaroslav Hasek:Geschichte der Partei des gemäßigten Fortschritts im Rahmen des Gesetzes Berlin, Parthas, ISBN: 3866013108, Dezember 2005, EUR 48,00 Joshua A. Tucker: Regional Economic Voting : Russia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, 1990-1999, London, Cambridge University Press, (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics), ISBN: 0521856604, December 2005, $ 75,00 Kevin Deegan-Krause: Elected Affinities: Democracy And Party Competition In Slovakia And The Czech Republic, Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press, ISBN: 0804752060, January 2006, $65.00 TOP 1 FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY Paul Ullmann: Eine schwierige Nachbarschaft, Münster, Hamburg, Berlin, London, Lit Verlag, ISBN: 3825877566, October 2005, EUR 29,90 Pavel Pecínka: Grüne Bande. Die tschechischen Grünen zwischen Prag und Brüssel in: Osteuropa, Vol. 55, No. 11, pp. 43 - 54, [November 2005] Heather Docalavich: Czech Republic (The European Union: Political, Social, and Economic Cooperation), Philadelphia, Mason Crest Publishers, ISBN: 1422200426, December 2005, $21.95 TOP ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ISSUES Jochen Franzke: Managing sectoral transition. The case of Slovak agricultural administration, Potzdam, Universitätsverlag Potsdam, ISBN: 3937786791, [November 2005] Joshua A. Tucker: Regional Economic Voting : Russia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, 1990-1999 (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics), London, Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 0521856604, December 2005, $ 75,00 Milan Vodopivec/ Andreas Worgotter/ Dhushyanth Raju: Unemployment Benefit Systems in Central and Eastern Europe: A Review of the 1990s, In: Comparative Economic Studies, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 615-651 [December 2005] Sophia Davidova/ Matthew Gorton/ Tomas Ratinger/Katarzyna Zawalinska/ Belen Iraizoz: Farm Productivity and Profitability: A Comparative Analysis of Selected New and Existing EU Member States In: Comparative Economic Studies, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 652-674 [December 2005] C.J. Adcock/ K. Shutes: An analysis of skewness and skewness persistence in three emerging markets [Czech Republic, Kenya and Poland], in: Emerging Markets Review, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 396-418, [December 2005] Dimitrios Sideris: Purchasing Power Parity in economies in transition: evidence from Central and East European countries, In: Applied Financial Economics, Vol. 16, Number 1-2, pp. 135-143 [December 2005] Claire Wallace/ Rossalina Latcheva: Economic Transformation Outside the Law: Corruption, Trust in Public Institutions and the Informal Economy in Transition Countries of Central and Eastern Europe, in: Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp.81-102 [January 2006] Anil Markandya/ Suzette Pedroso-Galinato/ Dalia Streimikiene: Energy intensity in transition economies: Is there convergence towards the EU average? In: Energy Economics, Vol. 28, Issue 1 , Pp. 121-145, [January 2006] Steven Stillman: Health and nutrition in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union during the decade of transition: A review of the literature, in: Economics & Human Biology, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 104-146, [January 2006] Danyel Reiche: Renewable energies in the EU-Accession States, in: Energy Policy, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 365-375, [February 2006] 2 Alfred Gerauer/ Frank Baron/ Thomas Britz: Arbeitsrecht in der Tschechischen Republik Leitfaden, München, Rehm Verlag, ISBN: 3807322434, Februar 2006, EUR 17,50 Dobroslav Picman: Czech Industrial Property Office and its information services in: World Patent Information, Vol. 28, Issue 1, pp. 75-80 [March 2006] Helmut Steiner/ Pal Tamás (Herausgeber): The Business Elites of East-Central Europe, trafo, ISBN: 3896262173, April 2005, EUR 16,80 Sean Hanley: Rise and Fall of the Czech New Right, 1989-2002, London, New York, Routledge,an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd, (Basees/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies), ISBN: 0415341353, June 2006 TOP © EHoc Koszaliński Instytut Europejskich Studiów Porównawczych Koszalin Institute of Comparative European Studies (KICES) Forschungsstelle Osteuropa, Bremen Research Centre for East European Studies, Bremen Elke Hockauf, December 2005/ January 2006 Please send your comments and relevant titles to: info@kices.org 3 KICES - Koszalin Institute of Comparative European Studies and Research Centre for East European Studies Quarterly Electronic Bibliographies The Koszalin Institute of Comparative European Studies and the Research Centre for East European Studies (Bremen) jointly produce quarterly bibliographies of recently published English- and German language books and articles in academic journals on several Eastern European countries. The bibliographies cover politics, foreign policy, economic and social issues. The following bibliographies are available as PDF-files per e-mail free of charge: Publications on the Czech and Slovak Republics. A quarterly bibliography Publications on Poland. A quarterly bibliography Publications on Russia. A quarterly bibliography Publications on Ukraine. A quarterly bibliography To subscribe, send an e-mail to: info@kices.org Please indicate which bibliographies you wish to receive. For an archive of back issues please visit http://www.kices.org/publication_0E.php 4