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Introduction: Support For Democracy And Autocracy In Eastern Europe -- Comparative Perspectives -- Democratic Communities In Europe: A Comparison Between East And West -- East European Value Systems In Global Perspective -- Historical And Cultural Borderlines In Eastern Europe -- National Perspectives -- The Czech Republic: Critical Democrats And The Persistence Of Democratic Values -- Slovenia In Central Europe: Merely Meteorological Or A Value Kinship? -- Hungary: Structure And Dynamics Of Democratic Consolidation -- Slovakia: Pathways To A Democratic Community -- Poland: Citizens And Democratic Politics -- Latvia: Democracy As An Abstract Value -- Lithuania: Civic Society And Democratic Orientation -- Estonia: Changing Value Patterns In A Divided Society -- Romania: Fatalistic Political Cultures Revisited -- Bulgaria: Democratic Orientations In Support Of Civil Society -- Russia, Belarus, And Ukraine: Construction Of Democratic Communities. Edited By Hans-dieter Klingemann, Dieter Fuchs And Jan Zielonka. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [379]-388) And Index.