Democratic Transformation and Obstruction - Eu, Us, and Russia in the South Caucasus

Although "democracy promotion" has become a popular term for policy makers and scholars, democratization is rarely a smooth or linear transition. While some countries quickly democratize, others lag behind despite a long period of democracy promotion activities. Furthermore, while democracy promotion itself has been widely studied, there is a paucity of literature available assessing the outcome or the impact of democracy promotion.

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 the "democracy blocker," a powerful authoritarian regional actor that is capable of blocking democratization in other countries.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Political Science, Democracy, Democratization, EU Studies, US Politics, Comparative Politics, and Foreign Policy.

Info autore

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Nelli Babayan, Babayan Nelli
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.09.2014
• EAN: 9780415748667
• ISBN: 978-0-415-74866-7
• Pagine: 208
• Serie: Democratization and Autocratization Studies
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising, Elections & referenda, Political parties and party platforms, Elections and referenda / suffrage, Political structures / systems: democracy