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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791127303321

Titolo

Democratization and the European Union : comparing Central and Eastern European post-Communist countries / / edited by Leonardo Morlino and Wojciech Sadurski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-97157-2

1-282-62960-3

9786612629600

0-203-85174-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in comparative politics ; ; 33

Altri autori (Persone)

MorlinoLeonardo <1947->

SadurskiWojciech <1950->

Disciplina

320.943

Soggetti

Democratization - Europe, Central

Democratization - Europe, Eastern

Post-communism - Europe, Central

Post-communism - Europe, Eastern

Europe, Central Politics and government 1989-

Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Old 'new member states'; 1 Poland: EU driven democracy?; 2 Hungary: High hopes revisited; Part II: New 'new member states'; 3 Romania: A personalistic approach to accountability; 4 Bulgaria: The discontents and frustrations of a newly consolidated democracy; Part III: Potential candidate and neighbour countries; 5 Serbia in search of stability and accountability; 6 Albania and its struggle to consolidate democracy

7 Ukraine: A constitutional design between façade democracy and effective transformation?8 Armenia: Constitutional design, accountability and European integration; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

This book examines in depth the impact of the EU on aspects of the quality of democracy in eight selected post-communist countries. Considering both the political and legal aspects of the dynamics among institutions and focussing on inter-institutional accountability, the book analyses how constitutional designs have been effectively implemented to achieve this, and to what extent this was the result of EU action. In order to make a comparative assessment of the EU on democracies, the book features detailed case studies according to their different status vis-à-vis the EU, including