1st Edition
Democratization and the European Union Comparing Central and Eastern European Post-Communist Countries
1. Introduction Leonardo Morlino and Wojciech Sadurski Part 1: "Old-new" Member States 2. Poland: EU Driven Democracy? Adam Bodnar 3. Hungary: High Hopes Revisited Renata Uitz Part 2: "New-new" Member States 4. Romania: A Personalistic Approach to Accountability Alina Stanciulescu 5. Bulgaria: Discontents and Frustrations of a Newly-Consolidated Democracy Daniel Smilov Part 3: Potential Candidate and Neighbour Countries 6. Serbia in Search of Stability and Accountability Cristina Dallara and Irena Marceta 7. Albania and its Struggle to Consolidate Democracy Darinka Piqani 8. Ukraine: A Constitutional Design Between Façade Democracy and Effective Transformation? Oleksandr Serdiuk and Roman Petrov 9. Armenia: Constitutional Design, Accountability and European Integration Armen Mazmanyan 10. Conclusions Leonardo Morlino and Wojciech Sadurski. Bibliography
Biography
Leonardo Morlino is Professor of Political Science at the Istituto di Scienze Umane, Florence, Italy and President of the International Political Science Association (IPSA).
Wojciech Sadurski is Challis professor of Jurisprudence in the University of Sydney, Australia.
"The book presents an excellent contribution to comparative politics, post-communist studies, literature on democratisation and EU studies." -- Anastassia Obydenkova, University of Pompeu Fabra, in Europe-Asia Studies, 64:6 (July 2012)
