TY - BOOK ID - 4893365 TI - Democracy promotion in the EU's neighbourhood : from leverage to governance ? AU - Lavenex, Sandra AU - Schimmelfennig, Frank PY - 2013 SN - 9780415523110 0415523117 PB - London: Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Democratization. KW - Démocratisation KW - European Union. KW - European Neighbourhood Policy (Program) KW - European Union countries KW - Pays de l'Union européenne KW - Foreign relations KW - Relations extérieures KW - Democracy KW - Democratization KW - European Union KW - #SBIB:327.7H233 KW - #SBIB:324H60 KW - #SBIB:324H71 KW - Democratic consolidation KW - Democratic transition KW - Political science KW - New democracies KW - Europese Unie: externe relaties, buitenlands- en defensiebeleid (ook WEU) KW - Politieke socialisatie KW - Politieke verandering: modernisatie, democratisering, regional development KW - European Neighborhood Policy (Program) KW - ENP KW - European Commission. KW - Politique européenne de voisinage (Program) KW - PEV KW - Politica Europeană de Vecinătate (Program) KW - European Neighbourhood Policy (Program). KW - Démocratisation KW - Pays de l'Union européenne KW - Relations extérieures KW - Democracy - European Union countries KW - European Union countries - Foreign relations KW - European Union countries - Foreign relations - 21st century UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4893365 AB - EU external democracy promotion has traditionally been based on 'linkage', i.e. bottom-up support for democratic forces in third countries, and 'leverage', i.e. the top-down inducement of political elites towards democratic reforms through political conditionality. The advent of the European Neighbourhood Policy and new forms of association have introduced a new, third model of democracy promotion which rests in functional cooperation between administrations. This volume comparatively defines and assesses these three models of external democracy promotion in the EU's relations with its eastern and southern neighbours. It argues that while 'linkage' has hitherto failed to produce tangible outcomes, and the success of 'leverage' has basically been tied to an EU membership perspective, the 'governance' model of democracy promotion bears greater potential beyond the circle of candidate countries.This third approach, while not tackling the core institutions of the political system as such, but rather promoting transparency, accountability, and participation at the level of state administration, may turn out to remain the EU's most tangible form of democratic governance promotion in the future. This book was originally published as a special issue of Democratization. ER -