Nelli Babayan

Democratic Transformation and Obstruction

EU, US, and Russia in the South Caucasus

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates democracy promotion by the European Union and the United States of America and seeks to uncover why intensive democracy promotion has resulted in limited democratic progress. Exploring case studies of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia this book examines the conditions in which democracy promotion is more likely to result in democratic transformation. In addition, it introduces the concept of 'democracy blocker', a powerful authoritarian regional actor who is capable of blocking democratization in other countries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780415748667
• ISBN-10: 0415748666
• Artikelnr.: 40477994

Autorenporträt

Nelli Babayan is a Senior Researcher in the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Tables Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction PART I DEMOCRACY
PROMOTION, DEMOCRATIZATION, TRANSFORMATION 1. The Hybridism of Democratic
Transformation 2. Conditions of Democratic Transformation, Cases, and
Methods PART II LOCAL INGREDIENTS OF THE GLOBAL DEMOCRATIC RECIPE 3. The
South Caucasus: The Road to Democracy or a Blind Alley? 4. The EU and the
US: Confusion, Ambitions, and the Reality PART III SECTORAL DEMOCRATIC
TRANSFORMATION 5. Elections in the South Caucasus: A Potemkin Village
rather than a Solid Construction 6. Parties in the South Caucasus: Do They
Really Matter? 7. Media in the South Caucasus: The Watchdog May Bark but
Rarely Bite Conclusions: The Damsel in Distress and the Bully in the
Sandbox Bibliography