Embracing democracy in the western Balkans : from postconflict struggles toward European integration /
Cohen, Lenard J.
Lampe, John R.
Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,
c2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The challenges of postconflict democracy building -- Legacies of communism, conflict, and international intervention -- New regimes, old routines : institutional innovations and governance challenges -- Administrative development, the rule of law, and the struggle against corruption -- Civic engagement, gender politics, and media pluralism : political cultures in flux -- The transformation of political parties in the western Balkans : from embryonic pluralism to Europeanization -- The social basis for democratic development : elites, middle classes, and the struggle against poverty -- The transformation of values : coexisting democratic and illiberal beliefs -- Belated economic transitions : promise and problems -- Democracy building and EU accession during a global recession.
Democratization
Democracy