Balkan Countries and Democracy Index (2017)

Blaga Blagoeva ()
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Blaga Blagoeva: University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria

Nauchni trudove, 2019, issue 3, 283-298

Abstract: The paper analyses the results from the Economist Intelligence Unit’s research for Democracy Index 2017. It starts by offering a general presentation of the research and focuses specifically on the results of Bulgaria and other Balkan countries on several major criteria: Electoral process and pluralism; Functioning of government; Political participation; Political culture; Civil liberties. The paper seeks to answer the question why there aren’t “Full Democracies” in the Balkans?

Keywords: Democracy Index; Bulgaria; Balkans (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F5 H5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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