Endpoints After Empire: Explaining Varying Levels of Democracy in Post-Communist Europe
Journal: ODU Digital Commons (Old Dominion University)
Year: 2017

This study seeks to determine the impetus behind varying levels of post-communist democratization in central and eastern Europe. It explores the different theories of democratization. The work takes a regional approach to examining the states. This approach isolates less traditional factors that contribute to democratic quality: history, culture and geography. Qualitative studies of each help explain why the countries of the region have such a varying level of rights and freedoms.