Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Post-Communist World

Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Postcommunist World examines three waves of democratic change that took place in eleven different former Communist nations. It draws important conclusions about the rise, development, and breakdown of both democracy and dictatorship in each country, providing a comparative perspective on the post-Communist world. The first democratic wave to sweep this region encompasses the rapid rise of democratic regimes from 1989 to 1992 from the ashes of Communism and Communist states. The second wave arose with accession to the European Union (from 2004 to 2007) and the third, with the electoral defeat of dictators (1996 to 2005) in Croatia, Serbia, Georgia, and Ukraine. The authors of each chapter in this volume examine both internal and external dimensions of both democratic success and failure.

ISBN 0521133084   Pages 360 ISBN13 9780521133081 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 540 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Published in Cambridge Imprint Cambridge University Press   Height (mm) 234 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 156 Publication date 30 Nov 2009   Spine width (mm) 19 DEWEY 321.8   Academic level Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

		Prologue: Waves and Troughs of Democracy and Dictatorship by Valerie Bunce and Michael McFaul and Kathryn Stoner-Weiss
Pt. I		Waves of Regime Change: From Dictatorship to Democracy...and Back?
1		The Missing Variable: The "International System" as the Link between Third and Fourth Wave Models of Democratization by Michael McFaul		3
2		A Regional Tradition: The Diffusion of Democratic Change under Communism and Postcommunism by Valerie Bunce and Sharon Wolchik		30
Pt. II		Encouraging Democracy: The Role of the European Union
3		When Europeanization Meets Transformation: Lessons from the Unfinished Eastern European Revolutions by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi		59
4		Democratization in Postcommunist Europe: Illiberal Regimes and the Leverage of the European Union by Milada Anna Vachudova		82
Pt. III		Choosing Regime Change: Democratizing Elections
5		A Postcommunist Transition in Two Acts: The 1996-7 Antigovernment Struggle in Bulgaria as a Bridge between the 1989-92 and 1996-2007 Democratization Waves in Eastern Europe by Tsveta Petrova		107
6		Defining and Domesticating the Electoral Model: A Comparison of Slovakia and Serbia by Valerie Bunce and Sharon Wolchik		134
7		Georgia's Rose Revolution: From Regime Weakness to Regime Collapse by Cory Welt		155
8		Importing Revolution: Internal and External Factors in Ukraine's 2004 Democratic Breakthrough by Michael McFaul		189
Pt. IV		Resisting Reform: Backsliding Democracies and Enduring Autocracies
9		Resistance to Contagion: Sources of Authoritarian Stability in the Former Soviet Union by Lucan Way		229
10		Comparing Oranges and Apples: The Internal and External Dimensions of Russia's Turn away from Democracy by Kathryn Stoner-Weiss		253
11		Contagion Deterred: Preemptive Authoritarianism in the Former Soviet Union (the Case of Belarus) by Vitali Silitski		274
12		A Horse of a Different Color: Revolution and Regression in Kyrgyzstan by Scott Radnitz		300
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'Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Postcommunist World surveys the waves of democratizing movements across the postcommunist region subsequent to the 1989-92 period to raise critical questions about the sources of regime change, among them popular protest and mobilization, opposition cohesiveness, the diffusion of organizational tactics, and the influence of external actors. The book considers both blocked and successful democratization movements. Several of the chapters are likely to stand as authoritative analyses of the outcomes of the electoral revolutions in particular countries. This is a significant volume of broad ambition.' Thomas F. Remington, Goodrich C. White Professor of Political Science, Emory University 'Necessary reading for all who seek to understand what has happened to democracy in the 29 postcommunist states, these exceptional essays by leading experts balance nuanced interpretations of the particularities of individual regimes with comparative insights that speak to all students of regime dynamics - particularly on the complexity, diversity, and instability of mixed or hybrid regimes and the decisive role that local democrats or authoritarians can play when they can draw on the resources offered by regional and global allies.' Philip G. Roeder, University of California, San Diego

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