Democratization and the European Union : Comparing Central and Eastern European Post-Communist Countries.

Examines the impact of the EU on the quality of democracy in eight post-communist countries: Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Serbia, Ukraine and Armenia. Considering both the political and legal aspects, this title focuses on inter-institutional accountability.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morlino, Leonardo
Other Authors: Sadurski, Wojciech
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010.
Series:Routledge research in comparative politics.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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 faade democracy and effective transformation?8 Armenia: Constitutional design, accountability and European integration; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.