Experimenting with democracy : regime change in the Balkans
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Experimenting with democracy : regime change in the Balkans
（Routledge studies of societies in transition, 13）
Routledge, 2000
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"In association with the Centre for Mediterranean Studies, University of Bristol"
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The chronic instability in the Balkan States of South East Europe has prevented the end of the Cold War becoming an era of genuine peace in Europe. Against a background of competing nationalisms, economic decline, the resilience of authoritarianism, it is easy to forget that there have been experiments with democracy have taken place since 1990 with relative success. Now, for the first time, the region is genuinely engaging with open politics; its outcome will determine whether the Balkans can cease being a byword for instability, and an area whose shock-waves have disturbed the peace of Europe on many occasions.
Democratisation in the Balkans explores the obstacles impeding the consolidation of democracy, and even preventing a state like Serbia from going very far down the democratic road. Social scientists with expert knowledge of each of the Balkan states, and their political and economic systems, examine why progress in building free institutions has been slow compared to that of Central Europe, the Iberian peninsula and Latin America.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Democratization in the Balkan countries, Geoffrey Pridham
- Chapter 2 Democratization in South-Eastern Europe, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, F. Stephen Larrabee
- Chapter 3 Political culture and democratization in the Balkans, Stefano Bianchini
- Chapter 4 Nationalism and Democracy in South-East Europe, Tom Gallagher
- Chapter 5 The media and the search for democracy in the Balkans, Tom Gallagher
- Chapter 6 Economic transformation and democratization in the Balkans, Will Bartlett
- Chapter 7 Influencing regime change in the Balkans, Valentin Stan
- Chapter 8 Light at the end of the tunnel, Aurelian Craiutu
- Chapter 9 Bulgaria, Kyril Drezov
- Chapter 10 Democratic despotism, Ivan Vejvoda
- Chapter 11 Albania, James Pettifer
- Chapter 12 Macedonia, Bogdan Szajkowski
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