Contents List of Tables page x List of Acronyms Xll Acknowledgments XVII INTRODUCTION: SURVIVING DEMOCRACY 1 1 THE ROOTS OF REGENERATION: COMMUNIST PRACTICES AND ELITE RESOURCES 19 2 BREAKING WITH THE PAST, REORGANIZING FOR THE FUTURE 69 3 DEVELOPING PROGRAMMATIC RESPONSIVENESS 123 4 CONVINCING THE VOTERS: CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS 175 5 PARLIAMENTARY EFFECTIVENESS AND COALITIONS 227 CONCLUSION: SUCCEEDING IN DEMOCRACY 265 APPENDIX A: THE CONTENT ANALYSIS OF PROGRAMS 285 APPENDIX B: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF ELECTORATES 294 APPENDIX C: THE STRUCTURES OF COMPETITION 303 Bibliography 305 Index 333