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The substance of EU democracy promotion : concepts and cases /

This book provides a comprehensive overview and explanation of the substance of the European Union's (EU) democracy promotion policy. With the promotion of democracy becoming an increasingly important element of European Union foreign policy, the contributors argue that the question of what is...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wetzel, Anne, 1979-, Orbie, Jan, 1978-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Series:Governance and limited statehood series.
Subjects:
European Union countries > Foreign relations.
European Union countries > Politics and government.
Democracy > Government policy > European Union countries.
Democratization > Government policy > European Union countries.
Democratization > Former communist countries.
Democratization > Developing countries.
European Union countries > Relations > Former communist countries.
European Union countries > Relations > Developing countries.
Former communist countries > Relations > European Union countries.
Developing countries > Relations > European Union countries.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Substance of EU Democracy Promotion : Introduction and Conceptual Framework / Anne Wetzel
  • PART I. ALTERNATIVE REFLECTIONS ON THE EU AS A LIBERAL DEMOCRACY PROMOTER
  • 2. Law Perspective: Praise Undeserved? The EU as a Democracy Promoter : A Skeptical Account / Dimitry Kochenov
  • 3. Political Economy Perspective: Fuzzy Liberalism and EU Democracy Promotion : Why Concepts Matter / Milja Kurki
  • 4. Critical Social Theory Perspective: Embeddedness as Substance : The EU's Socialized Approach to Democratization / Jessica Schmidt
  • 5. Governance Perspective: Democratic Governance Promotion through Functional Cooperation / Anne Wetzel
  • PART II. COUNTRY CHAPTERS
  • 6. Addressing the Remnants of a Communist Past through Accession : Slovakia and the Czech Republic / Eline De Ridder
  • 7. Different Trajectories yet the Same Substance : Croatia and Turkey / Canan Balkir and Müge Aknur
  • 8. Promoting Democracy in Post-Conflict Societies : Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo / Labinot Greiçevci and Bekim Çollaku
  • 9. Power Relations Meet Domestic Structures : Russia and Ukraine / Susan Stewart
  • 10. Neither Integrated Nor Comprehensive in Substance : Armenia and Georgia / Hrant Kostanyan
  • 11. Democracy through the Invisible Hand? Egypt and Tunisia / Vicky Reynaert
  • 12. When Security Trumps Democracy : Israel and Palestine / Benedetta Voltolini and Federica Bicchi
  • 13. Favouring Leaders over Laggards : Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan / Fabienne Bossuyt and Paul Kubicek
  • 14. Democracy Promotion in Restrictive Environments : Ethiopia and Eritrea / Karen Del Biondo
  • 15. Responding to Political Crises in the South Pacific : The Solomon Islands and Fiji / Maurizio Carbone and Karen Del Biondo
  • 16. Much Ado about Nothing? Brazil and Venezuela / Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann
  • PART III. CONCLUSIONS
  • 17. Conclusions / Anne Wetzel and Jan Orbie.