This book examines organized interests in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), providing incisive analyses in three critically important policy areas - healthcare, higher education and energy.

1. Introduction - The "Missing Link": Exploring Organized Interests in Post-Communist Policy-Making Part 1: Population Ecology 2. There Is No Tabula Rasa: The effect of varieties of communism on organizational formation rates in pre-transition interest group populations 3. Exploring Populations of Organized Interests in Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe Part 2: Interest Intermediation 4. In Search of Civic Participation: Advocacy tactics in the energy and environmental sector in post-communist Europe 5. Exploring Interest Intermediation in Central and Eastern European Healthcare: Persistent statism, unfettered pluralism or a shift to corporatism? Part 3: Influence of Organized Interests 6. Green Advocacy and Climate and Energy Policy Access in Central Eastern Europe 7. Interest Group Access in CEE in the Healthcare Sector 8. Explaining Institutional Persistence and Change in Polish and Czech Higher Education from a Stakeholder Perspective Part 4: Europeanization Effects 9. At the Crossroads of Europeanization and Professionalization: A cross-country and cross-policy analysis of organized interests in CEE Part 5: Excursions to Other Territory 10. Analyzing Polish and Czech Hard Coal-Mining Trade Unions and Their Positions towards EU Climate and Energy policy 11. Between Mission and Interests: The evolving role of the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic and Poland 12. Filling the Blanks: Political parties, interest groups and representation of civil society Conclusions 13. Rounding up our Journey through the World of Organized Interests in the Post-Communist CEE Region