1st Edition
The Quality of Democracy in Post-Communist Europe
178 Pages
by
Routledge
178 Pages
by
Routledge
178 Pages
by
Routledge
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The countries of the former Eastern Bloc and Soviet Union have exhibited remarkable diversity in their post-communist regime paths. Whereas some states have become demonstrably more democratic and have moved in the space of fifteen years from the periphery to the centre of European politics, in others the political and economic climates seem hardly to be better, and their societies no more free,... Read more
Preface 1. 'Good' and 'Bad' Democracies: How to conduct research into the quality of democracy 2. The Quality of Democracies in Europe as Measured by Current Indicators of Democratization and Good Governance 3. The Misuse of Referenda in Post-Communist Europe 4. Dimensions of Disengagement in Post-Communist Russia 5. Disengaged or Disenchanted?: The vote 'against all' in post-communist Russia 6. The Quality of Democracy in Belarus and Ukraine 7. The Sources and Dynamics of Competitive Authoritarianism in Ukraine Conclusion: Democracy in Post-Communist Europe: Fifteen years on
Biography
DEREK HUTCHESON, Elena A. Korosteleva
