1st Edition
Legislative Networks and Reforms in Post-Soviet States How to Turn the Tide for Democracy
By Marta Matrakova
Copyright 2025
240 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
240 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
240 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book presents the legislative networks in charge of drafting democratic reforms as gatekeepers to the actual adoption, implementation and internalisation of democratic norms in selected post-Soviet countries.
It demonstrates that the composition of legislative networks which draft the legal reforms in Armenia, Georgia and Moldova, is controlled by powerful political actors who seek to have... Read more
1. Introduction: Why we need to focus on democratic reforms and legislative networks
2. Strategic control of legislative networks: Methods and cases
3. Rule of law
4. Interinstitutional accountability
5. Electoral accountability
6. Conclusions
Biography
Marta Matrakova is a post-doctoral researcher at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
