A Quarter Century of Post Communism Assessed 1st Edition by M. Steven Fish, Graeme Gill, Milenko Petrovic ISBN 3319434365 9783319434360

Part I: General Trends and Regional Patterns

Chapter 1: What Has a Quarter Century of Post-Communism Taught Us About the Correlates of Democracy

• Structural Explanations for Regime Outcomes
• Data and Analysis of Data
• The Structural Correlates of Democracy: A Closer Look
  • Wealth and Democracy
  • Fuels Dependence
  • Proximity to the West
  • Religion
• Taking Stock of the Strengths and Limitations of Structural Explanations
• Alternatives to Structural Explanations
  • Constitutional Arrangements
  • Leadership
• Conclusion
• Bibliography

Chapter 2: Post-Communist Transition Under the Umbrella of Uneven Europeanisation: East Central Europe

• A Different Desire for Post-Communist Reform, But a Similar Need for Foreign Assistance
• The Different Level of Foreign Assistance as a Consequence of Different Choices Made at the Beginning
• The Slow Progress of the Western Balkans After the 2004/2007 EU Enlargement: Domestic Socio-political Conditions and Open Issues in the Western Balkans
• The EU Response
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography

Chapter 3: Trajectories of Political Development in the Post-Soviet States

• Culture and Regime Forms
• The Role of Agency
• The Nature of Regime Change
  • Model 1
  • Model 2
  • Model 3
  • Model 4
• Regime Change and Political Trajectory
• Notes
• Bibliography

Chapter 4: Curbing Post-Communist Corruption: External Pressure vs. Domestic Commitment

• Introduction
• The Corruption Situation
• Bulgaria and Romania: Some Comparisons and Contrasts
• The Russian Conundrum
• Georgia’s Success
• Conclusions
• Notes
• Bibliography

Part II: Central and Eastern Europe

Chapter 5: The V4 Countries and the EU: A Comparative Perspective

• Introduction
• Foreign Trade
  • Main Trade Partners and Product Groups
  • Trade in Value Added: Domestic and Foreign Value-Added in Total Exports
• Foreign Direct Investment
• Research and Development
• Structural Challenges and Integration into the EU’s Knowledge Markets
• Labour Migration
• Conclusions
• Notes
• Bibliography

Chapter 6: Constitutional Identity? The Hungarian Model of Illiberal Democracy

• Terminology and Conceptualization
• Illiberal Developments and Anti-Democratic Backlash
• Illiberalism and the Emergence of a New Political Community: The National System of Cooperation
• Illiberal Democracy as Constitutional Identity
• Causes and Explanations
  • Values and Political Culture
  • Orbán and His Strategy: The Rhetoric and Politics of the “Dark Side”
• The Rhetoric of Finishing the Political Transition Suspended in 1990
• The Rhetoric of Stability and Governance by the People Instead of Debates
• A Little Help from the Constitutional Structure…
• Economic Hardship
• Shift and Legacy: Concluding Remarks
• Notes
• Bibliography

Chapter 7: Establishing the Rule of Law in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Contribution of EU Missions

• Introduction
  • EULEX in Kosovo: Mandate, Resources, Results
  • EUPM in BiH: Mandate, Resources, Results
• In lieu of Conclusions
• Bibliography

Chapter 8: Old Paradigms of Ethnicity and Post-Soviet Transition in the Baltic States

• Estonia and Latvia
• Unnoticed Transformation of Lithuania
• Conclusions
• Notes
• Bibliography

Part III: Ukraine, Russia, and Kazakhstan

Chapter 9: Ukraine’s Democratisation Path Post-Orange Revolution: Examining the Internal and External Factors

• Introduction
• Ukraine’s History with Democratisation
• Why Has Ukraine Failed to Democratise?
  • Internal Impediment: The Oligarchization of Power in Ukraine
  • External Impediment: The Competing Regime Promotion Strategies of the EU and Russia in Ukraine
• Rectifying the Internal and External Impediments to Democratic Ukraine: A Plausible Future Pathway?
• Notes
• Bibliography

Chapter 10: Post-Communist Russia and the West: From Crisis to Crisis?

• Cycle of Crises? Bosnia, 1994, to Syria, 2013
• Norms and Interests in Russian Foreign Policy
• The Putin Era
  • Ukraine and Syria, 2013–
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography

Chapter 11: Russia’s Security-Related Decision-Making: The Case of Crimea

• Crimea: The Timeline
• Crimea: The Motives
• The Actual Decision
  • Participants
  • The Security Council
  • Information Input (Military-Operational, Political)
• International Reaction
• Economic Implications
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography

Chapter 12: Kazakhstan and the Eurasian Economic Union: The Dilemmas of Alliance-Making in the Post-Soviet Space

• Interpreting the Eurasian Economic Union: Flawed Obsession with Geopolitics
• The EEU at a Glance
• Nazarbaev’s Eurasianism
• The EEU Debate in Kazakhstan: Issues of Economic Development and National Sovereignty
• Relations with Russia
• Recrudescent Multi-Vectorism
• Conclusion