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Summarizes this volume on the function of political parties in the democratization of the former Soviet countries of Eastern & Central Europe. General tendencies toward party formation & institutionalization across the Slavic & Baltic states are reviewed, with similarities & differences analyzed as a function of each country's political history & current socioeconomic, cultural, & political circumstances. The structure & stability of party systems, the role of leaders, the use of new political technologies, & linkages between parties & citizens are examined. Ways that the "third wave of democratization" underway in these countries differs from other historical examples of democratic development, most notably regarding the role of parties & elections as institutions of representative democracy, are discussed. K. Hyatt Stewart