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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816455203321

Titolo

The European Union and democratization / / edited by Paul J. Kubicek

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-38622-2

1-134-38623-0

1-280-04843-3

0-203-45846-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Europe and the nation state ; ; 3

Altri autori (Persone)

KubicekPaul

Disciplina

940.009049

940/.009/049

Soggetti

Democratization - European Union countries

Human rights - European Union countries

Post-communism - Europe, Eastern

European Union countries Ethnic relations

European Union countries Foreign relations Europe, Eastern

Europe, Eastern Foreign relations European Union countries

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

The European Union and Democratization; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Notes on contributors; Preface; 1 International norms, the European Union, and democratization: tentative theory and evidence; 2 The European Union, democratization, and minorities in Latvia; 3 The ambivalent influence of the European Union on democratization in Slovakia; 4 The European Union and Romania: the politics of constrained transition; 5 The politics of conditionality: the European Union and human rights reform in Turkey

6 The European Union and Croatia: negotiating "Europeanization" amid national, regional, and international interests7 The European Union and Ukraine: real partners or relationship of convenience?; 8 The European Union and democratization in Morocco; 9 Conclusion: the European Union and democracy promotion; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The European Union has been a key actor in promoting democratization



and providing assistance to encourage political change. This book assesses the EU's contribution to democratization by looking at the failures and states that offered resistance to EU pressure to reform, aiming to understand how the EU overcame or failed to overcome the numerous barriers blocking democratic progress. The book features studies on Slovakia, Romania, Croatia, Turkey, Ukraine, Morocco and Latvia.