Reassessing Democratic Consolidation in Central and Eastern Europe and the Role of the EU

Luca Tomini

Europe-Asia Studies, 2014, vol. 66, issue 6, 859-891

Abstract: Over the past two decades, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe have completed a long transition from authoritarian rule, and joining the EU has been considered to be an indication of the end of the consolidation process. However, this path was anything but linear and in many cases it was marked by concentration and abuse of executive power, a systematic political patronage and a plebiscitary interpretation of democracy. In order to shed light on the meaning of these phenomena, this paper provides for an analysis of democratic consolidation in these countries by way of comparing the cases of Bulgaria, Poland and Slovakia.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2014.905387

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