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The Substance of EU Democracy Promotion

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Governance and Limited Statehood Thomas Risse is Director of the Center for Transnational Relations, Foreign and Security Policy at the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin.

Located at the intersection of global governance and international relations on the one hand, and comparative politics, area studies, international law, history and development studies on the other, this innovative series helps to challenge fundamental assumptions about governance in the social sciences. Titles include: Amichai Magen, Thomas Risse and Michael A. McFaul (editors) PROMOTING DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW American and European Strategies Susanne Buckley-Zistel and Ruth Stanley (editors) GENDER IN TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE Markus-Michael Müller PUBLIC SECURITY IN THE NEGOTIATED STATE Policing in Latin America and Beyond Tanja A. Börzel and Christian Thauer (editors) BUSINESS AND GOVERNANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA Racing to the Top? Tanja A. Börzel and Ralph Hamann (editors) BUSINESS AND CLIMATE CHANGE GOVERNANCE South Africa in Comparative Perspective Malika Bouziane, Cilja Harders and Anja Hoffmann (editors) LOCAL POLITICS AND CONTEMPORARY TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE ARAB WORLD Governance Beyond the Centre Anja P. Jakob and Klaus Dieter Wolf (editors) THE TRANSNATIONAL GOVERNANCE OF VIOLENCE AND CRIME Non-State Actors in Security Marianne Beisheim and Andrea Liese (editors) TRANSNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS Effectively Providing for Sustainable Development? Daniel Jacob JUSTICE AND FOREIGN RULE Anne Wetzel and Jan Orbie (editors) THE SUBSTANCE OF EU DEMOCRACY PROMOTION Concepts and Cases

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This ground-breaking monograph series showcases cutting-edge research on the transformation of governance in countries with weak state institutions. Combining theoretically informed and empirically grounded scholarship, it challenges the conventional governance discourse which is biased towards modern developed nationstates. Instead, the series focuses on governance in Africa, Asia and Latin America including transnational and transregional dimensions.

The Substance of EU Democracy Promotion Concepts and Cases

Anne Wetzel Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Mannheim, Germany

Jan Orbie Associate Professor, Ghent University, Belgium

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Contents List of Figures and Tables

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Acknowledgements

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List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

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1 The Substance of EU Democracy Promotion: Introduction and Conceptual Framework Anne Wetzel

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Part I Alternative Reflections on the EU as a Liberal Democracy Promoter 2 Law Perspective: Praise Undeserved? The EU as a Democracy Promoter: A Sceptical Account Dimitry Kochenov

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3 Political Economy Perspective: Fuzzy Liberalism and EU Democracy Promotion: Why Concepts Matter Milja Kurki

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4 Critical Social Theory Perspective: Embeddedness as Substance: The EU’s Socialized Approach to Democratization Jessica Schmidt 5 Governance Perspective: Democratic Governance Promotion Through Functional Cooperation Anne Wetzel

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Part II Country Chapters 6 Addressing the Remnants of a Communist Past Through Accession: Slovakia and the Czech Republic Eline De Ridder

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7 Different Trajectories yet the Same Substance: Croatia and Turkey Canan Balkır and Müge Aknur

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Notes on Contributors

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8 Promoting Democracy in Post-Conflict Societies: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo Labinot Greiçevci and Bekim Çollaku

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9 Power Relations Meet Domestic Structures: Russia and Ukraine Susan Stewart

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10 Neither Integrated Nor Comprehensive in Substance: Armenia and Georgia Hrant Kostanyan

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11 Democracy Through the Invisible Hand? Egypt and Tunisia Vicky Reynaert

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12 When Security Trumps Democracy: Israel and Palestine Benedetta Voltolini and Federica Bicchi

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13 Favouring Leaders over Laggards: Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Fabienne Bossuyt and Paul Kubicek

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14 Democracy Promotion in Restrictive Environments: Ethiopia and Eritrea Karen Del Biondo

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15 Responding to Political Crises in the South Pacific: The Solomon Islands and Fiji Maurizio Carbone and Karen Del Biondo

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16 Much Ado About Nothing? Brazil and Venezuela Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann

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17 Comparing Country Cases: Output-Oriented EU Democracy Promotion? Anne Wetzel and Jan Orbie

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Annex: Summary of Substance and BTI Values

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References

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Index

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