Democracy’s Plight in the European Neighbourhood: Struggling transitions and proliferating dynasties. CEPS Paperbacks. October 2009

Emerson, Michael and Youngs, Richard and Alieva, Leila and Düzgit, Senem Aydin and Bogomolov, Alexander and Darbouche, Hakim and Giragosian, Richard and Jarabik, Balazs and Kausch, Kristina and Khutsishvili, George and Klitsounova, Elena and Lytvynenko, Alexander and Melvin, Neil J. and Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina and Noutcheva, Gergana and Pešić, Vesna and Popsecu, Nicu and Shehata, Dina and Silicki, Vitali and Wilson, Andrew (2009) Democracy’s Plight in the European Neighbourhood: Struggling transitions and proliferating dynasties. CEPS Paperbacks. October 2009. Series > Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels) > CEPS Paperbacks . UNSPECIFIED. ISBN 9789290799269

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Abstract

Is international democracy promotion in the European neighbourhood running out of steam, after the disappointing results from the ‘colour revolutions’ in Georgia and Ukraine of 2004-2005? What is the changing impact of factors such as corrupt state capture, energy resources, rent-seeking behaviour, the financial crisis and the perceived threat of radical Islam on democratisation in the region? Research into these questions, among others, and what certain analysts describe as a ‘democracy backlash’ was conducted in three groups of states: countries in or near the EU; former Soviet Union states and three Arab states of the Southern Mediterranean. The results show a parting of the ways between on the one hand the EU’s European neighbours (other than Russia), which are seen to be ‘struggling transitions’ aiming at the European model of democracy, but with serious failings still to be overcome; and on the other hand Russia and the states of Central Asia and North Africa where there is no tendency towards democracy but rather a contrary trend of ‘proliferating dynasties’. This new paperback: Democracy’s Plight is the result of that research, edited by Michael Emerson of CEPS and Richard Youngs of FRIDE, Madrid.

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