TY - BOOK ID - 46353911 TI - Russia, EU and the Post-Soviet Democratic Failure PY - 2020 SN - 3658264462 3658264454 PB - Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS, DB - UniCat KW - Democratization. KW - European Union. KW - Comparative politics. KW - Democracy. KW - European Union Politics. KW - Comparative Politics. KW - Self-government KW - Political science KW - Equality KW - Representative government and representation KW - Republics KW - Comparative political systems KW - Comparative politics KW - Government, Comparative KW - Political systems, Comparative KW - Russia KW - European Union countries KW - Russia (Federation) KW - Foreign relations KW - Russian Federation KW - Rossiyskaya Federatsiya KW - Rossiya (Federation) KW - Rossii︠a︡ (Federation) KW - Российская Федерация KW - Rossiĭskai︠a︡ Federat︠s︡ii︠a︡ KW - Rosiĭsʹka Federat︠s︡ii︠a︡ KW - Російська Федерація KW - Federazione della Russia KW - Russische Föderation KW - RF KW - Federation of Russia KW - Urysye Federat︠s︡ie KW - Pravitelʹstvo Rossii KW - Правительство России KW - Pravitelʹstvo Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii KW - Правительство Российской Федерации KW - Правительство РФ KW - Pravitelʹstvo RF KW - Rosja (Federation) KW - Eluosi (Federation) KW - O-lo-ssu (Federation) KW - 俄罗斯 (Federation) KW - Roshia Renpō KW - Federazione russa KW - OKhU KW - Orosyn Kholboony Uls KW - Russian S.F.S.R. KW - EU countries KW - Euroland KW - Europe KW - Russie KW - Rossīi︠a︡ KW - Rossīĭskai︠a︡ Imperīi︠a︡ KW - Russia (Provisional government, 1917) KW - Russia (Vremennoe pravitelʹstvo, 1917) KW - Russland KW - Ṛusastan KW - Russia (Tymchasovyĭ uri︠a︡d, 1917) KW - Russian Empire KW - Rosja KW - Russia (Territory under White armies, 1918-1920) KW - RF (Russian Federation) KW - Россия (Federation) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46353911 AB - By studying the influence of the two main external actors in post-Soviet space, the EU and Russia, this study contributes to the increasing body of literature that studies the causes of democratic recession and authoritarian backlash in post-Soviet states and the role of regional actors in these processes. Empirically, the study finds the EU to be both a democracy-promoting and democracy-hindering actor in post-Soviet states. Russia’s impact, on the other hand, is far more negative than the literature on democratization and autocracy promotion typically suggests. It negatively affects both the quality of democracy of post-Soviet states and limits the EU's options for promoting democracy in its neighborhood. Content Regime outcomes and degree of democracy in the post-Soviet states Domestic prerequisites for democratization Russia, EU and their vulnerable neighbors: Measuring the external leverage in the post-Soviet states Between neighborhood and colony: European and Russian strategies in the post-Soviet space Direct external influence: Elections in the post-Soviet states Target Groups Scholars and students of democratization, European politics, Europeanization and post-Soviet politics Policy practitioners working on democratization, post-Soviet region, European foreign policy, ENP, EaP and Russian foreign policy Author Bidzina Lebanidze is Research Associate at the University of Bremen and Associate Professor (of International Relations) at the Ilia State University. ER -