Introduction : some thoughts on presidentialism in postcommunist Europe / Juan J. Linz
Separating power : keeping presidents in check / Raymond Taras
Russia : presidential leadership under Yeltsin / Stephen White
Ukraine : two presidents and their powers / Andrew Wilson
Kazakstan : Nursultan Nazarbaev as strong president / Martha Brill Olcott
Poland : Wa£ȩsa's legacy to the presidency / Krzysztof Jasiewicz
The Czech Republic : Havel and the evolution of the presidency since 1989 /Sharon L. Wolchik
Hungary : political transition and executive conflict : the balance or fragmentation of power? / Patrick H. O'Neil
Afterword : the making of postcommunist presidencies / Jon Elster.
