1st Edition
Challenges to Democracies in East Central Europe
1. Challenges to Democracy in East Central European Politics: Introductory Remarks
Pavel Dufek, Jan Holzer and Miroslav Mares
2.: Debating Democracy in East Central Europe: The Issues and Their Origins
Pavel Dufek and Jan Holzer
3. Populism as a Threat to Liberal Democracy in East Central Europe
Vlastimil Havlik
4. Extremism and East Central European Politics
Petra Vejvodova
5. Democracy and Organised Crime in East Central Europe
Petr Kupka, Miroslav Mares and Michal Mochtak
6. Corruption and Democracy in East Central Europe
Aneta Pinkova
7 External Actors and their Influences on the Quality of Democracy in East Central Europe
Michal Mochtak
Epilogue: The Deconsolidation of Democracy and Democratic Quality
Andrew Roberts
Biography
Jan Holzer is a Political Scientist, Professor in the Department of Political Science and Principal Researcher in the International Institute for Political Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic. He is also the Editor of the Central European Political Studies journal.
Miroslav Mareš is a Political Scientist, Professor in the Department of Political Science and Principal Researcher in the International Institute for Political Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic.
"...Challenges to Democracies in East Central Europe is still a powerful potential stimulus for future discussion and research."
Sean Hanley, UCL SSEES, Slavonic and East European Review
"This is a contribution that will serve scholars of the region well with its rich information sourced from local experts."
DRAGOMIR STOYANOV, Sofia University/VUZF University, Sofia, Bulgaria
