ROBERTS, Andrew Lawrence. The Quality of Democracy in Eastern Europe: Public Preferences and Policy Reforms. New York: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2009, 252 pp. ISBN 978-0-521-11033-4.
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Original name The Quality of Democracy in Eastern Europe: Public Preferences and Policy Reforms
Authors ROBERTS, Andrew Lawrence.
Edition New York, 252 pp. 2009.
Publisher CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Other information
Original language English
Type of outcome Book on a specialized topic
Field of Study 50601 Political science
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
ISBN 978-0-521-11033-4
Keywords in English democracy; democratic quality; postcommunist Europe; representation
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
How does democracy work in the new democracies of Eastern Europe? Do the people actually rule as one would expect in a democracy or do the legacies of communism and the constraints of the transition weaken popular control? This book presents a new framework for conceptualizing and measuring democratic quality and applies this framework to multiple countries and policy areas in the region. It defines democratic quality as the degree to which citizens are able to hold leaders accountable for their performance and keep policy close to their preferences. Its surprising conclusion, drawn from large-N statistical analyses and small-N case studies, is that citizens exercise considerable control over their rulers in Eastern European democracies. Despite facing difficult economic circumstances and an unfavorable inheritance from communism, these countries rapidly constructed relatively high-quality democracies.
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