STOJAROVÁ, Věra. Moving towards EU membership and away from liberal democracy. Online. In KAPIDŽIĆ, Damir a Věra STOJAROVÁ. Illiberal Politics in Southeast Europe : How Ruling Elites Undermine Democracy. London: Routledge, 2022, p. 214-228. The Southeast Europe and Black Sea Series. ISBN 978-1-032-07689-8.
Other formats:   BibTeX LaTeX RIS
Basic information
Original name Moving towards EU membership and away from liberal democracy
Authors STOJAROVÁ, Věra.
Edition London, Illiberal Politics in Southeast Europe : How Ruling Elites Undermine Democracy, p. 214-228, 15 pp. The Southeast Europe and Black Sea Series. 2022.
Publisher Routledge
Other information
Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study 50601 Political science
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form electronic version available online
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
ISBN 978-1-032-07689-8
Keywords in English Western Balkans; illiberal politics; stabilitocracy; EU membership; captured states
Tags topvydavatel
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Blanka Farkašová, učo 97333. Changed: 22/11/2021 13:48.
Abstract
The chapter concludes the Special Issue, Illiberal Politics in Southeast Europe, on the retreat of liberal democracy in the region. It focuses on the central themes that link all the papers together: free and fair elections, media freedom, judicial independence, privileged access to public resources and the role of civil society. It seeks to disentangle the causes and consequences of illiberal politics in the region and explores the similarities in the illiberal practices and strategies incumbents use with the aim of staying in power indefinitely. The main argument is that democratic backsliding in Southeast Europe is deeply rooted in the unfinished transitions of the 1990s, which gave rise to new political and economic elites and that blending those two into one resulted in the dominance of the executive over the judiciary and legislature. These new elites became entrenched during the wars and conflicts that affected the region. The enabling factors were of societal origin - clientelist practices, corruption, nepotism and mistrust in politics accompanied by external factors - as well as international pull and push factors (from the EU and Russia) along with a domino effect of democratic backsliding in the region.
The chapter was originally published in a special issue of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.
PrintDisplayed: 27/8/2024 16:26