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.