The Rise of Authoritarianism in the Western Balkans - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Rise of Authoritarianism in the Western Balkans write by Florian Bieber. This book was released on 2019-09-30. The Rise of Authoritarianism in the Western Balkans available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores the stagnation of democracy in the Western Balkans over the last decade. The author maps regional features of rising authoritarianism that mirror larger global trends and, in doing so, outlines the core mechanisms of authoritarian rule in the Balkans, with a particular focus on Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia. These mechanisms include the creation of constant crises, the use of external powers to balance outside influences, as well as state capture. The authoritarian patterns exist alongside formal democratic institutions, resulting in competitive authoritarian regimes that use social polarization to retain power. As the countries of the Western Balkans aspire, at least formally, to join the European Union, authoritarianism is often informal.
The Rise of Authoritarianism in the Western Balkans
The Rise of Authoritarianism in the Western Balkans - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Rise of Authoritarianism in the Western Balkans write by Florian Bieber. This book was released on 2020. The Rise of Authoritarianism in the Western Balkans available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores the stagnation of democracy in the Western Balkans over the last decade. The author maps regional features of rising authoritarianism that mirror larger global trends and, in doing so, outlines the core mechanisms of authoritarian rule in the Balkans, with a particular focus on Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia. These mechanisms include the creation of constant crises, the use of external powers to balance outside influences, as well as state capture. The authoritarian patterns exist alongside formal democratic institutions, resulting in competitive authoritarian regimes that use social polarization to retain power. As the countries of the Western Balkans aspire, at least formally, to join the European Union, authoritarianism is often informal. Florian Bieber is Professor for Southeast European History and Politics and Director of the Centre for Southeast European Studies at the University of Graz, Austria. He coordinates the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) and has been a visiting professor and fellow at Cornell, NYU, Central European University, and LSE.--
Illiberal Politics in Southeast Europe
Illiberal Politics in Southeast Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Illiberal Politics in Southeast Europe write by Damir Kapidžić. This book was released on 2021-09-30. Illiberal Politics in Southeast Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The world is increasingly becoming less democratic and this trend has not left Southeast Europe untouched. But instead of democratic breakdown what we are witnessing is a gradual decline and the rise of competitive authoritarian regimes. This book aims to give a country-by-country overview of how illiberal politics has led to a decline in democracy and the re-emergence of autocratic governance in Southeast Europe, more specifically in the Western Balkans. It defines illiberal politics as the everyday practices through which ruling parties undermine democratic institutions in order to remain in power. Individual chapters examine recent political developments and identify practices of illiberal politics that target electoral institutions, rule of law, media freedom, judicial independence, and enable political patronage, while several thematic chapters comparatively explore cross-regional patterns. This book addresses academics, policymakers, and practitioners with professional interest in Southeast Europe or democratic decline and is both timely and relevant as the European Union attempts to reengage with the countries of the Western Balkans. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.
Hunger and Fury
Hunger and Fury - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hunger and Fury write by Jasmin Mujanović. This book was released on 2018. Hunger and Fury available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Argues that the Balkans are on the cusp of a historic socio-political transformation rather than renewed ethnic strife
Competitive Authoritarianism
Competitive Authoritarianism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Competitive Authoritarianism write by Steven Levitsky. This book was released on 2010-08-16. Competitive Authoritarianism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Based on a detailed study of 35 cases in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and post-communist Eurasia, this book explores the fate of competitive authoritarian regimes between 1990 and 2008. It finds that where social, economic, and technocratic ties to the West were extensive, as in Eastern Europe and the Americas, the external cost of abuse led incumbents to cede power rather than crack down, which led to democratization. Where ties to the West were limited, external democratizing pressure was weaker and countries rarely democratized. In these cases, regime outcomes hinged on the character of state and ruling party organizations. Where incumbents possessed developed and cohesive coercive party structures, they could thwart opposition challenges, and competitive authoritarian regimes survived; where incumbents lacked such organizational tools, regimes were unstable but rarely democratized.
