Illiberal Politics in Southeast Europe: How Ruling Elites Undermine Democracy (Southeast Europe and Black Sea) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032076917 ISBN 13: 9781032076911

Verlag: Routledge, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

The world is increasingly becoming less democratic and this trend has not left Southeast Europe untouched. But instead of democratic breakdown what we are witnessing is a gradual decline and the rise of competitive authoritarian regimes.

This book aims to give a country-by-country overview of how illiberal politics has led to a decline in democracy and the re-emergence of autocratic governance in Southeast Europe, more specifically in the Western Balkans. It defines illiberal politics as the everyday practices through which ruling parties undermine democratic institutions in order to remain in power. Individual chapters examine recent political developments and identify practices of illiberal politics that target electoral institutions, rule of law, media freedom, judicial independence, and enable political patronage, while several thematic chapters comparatively explore cross-regional patterns.

This book addresses academics, policymakers, and practitioners with professional interest in Southeast Europe or democratic decline and is both timely and relevant as the European Union attempts to reengage with the countries of the Western Balkans.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.

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Damir Kapidžic is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. His research looks at ethnic conflict, political parties, power-sharing, and processes through which democratic or authoritarian politics are institutionalized.

Vera Stojarová

works as academic researcher and Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at the Faculty of Social studies at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. She specializes in security and politics in the Western Balkans.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1032076917
• ISBN 13: 9781032076911
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 246
• Herausgeber: Kapidžic Damir, Stojarová Vera
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