Rethinking 'Democratic Backsliding' in Central and Eastern Europe

by Juno Dawson

Book Overview

This book seeks to inject fresh thinking into the debate on democratic deterioration in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), viewing 'democratic backsliding' through the prism of a range of cases beyond Hungary and Poland, to redress the imbalance in current scholarship.

Over the past decade a consensus has emerged that democracy in CEE is sharply deteriorating, perhaps even 'backsliding' into new forms of authoritarianism. Debate has, however,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367210002
• ISBN13: 9780367210007
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 138 Pages