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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.

Democratization. --- European Union. --- Comparative politics. --- Democracy. --- European Union Politics. --- Comparative Politics. --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Comparative political systems --- Comparative politics --- Government, Comparative --- Political systems, Comparative --- Russia --- European Union countries --- Russia (Federation) --- Foreign relations --- Russian Federation --- Rossiyskaya Federatsiya --- Rossiya (Federation) --- Rossii︠a︡ (Federation) --- Российская Федерация --- Rossiĭskai︠a︡ Federat︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Rosiĭsʹka Federat︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Російська Федерація --- Federazione della Russia --- Russische Föderation --- RF --- Federation of Russia --- Urysye Federat︠s︡ie --- Pravitelʹstvo Rossii --- Правительство России --- Pravitelʹstvo Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii --- Правительство Российской Федерации --- Правительство РФ --- Pravitelʹstvo RF --- Rosja (Federation) --- Eluosi (Federation) --- O-lo-ssu (Federation) --- 俄罗斯 (Federation) --- Roshia Renpō --- Federazione russa --- OKhU --- Orosyn Kholboony Uls --- Russian S.F.S.R. --- EU countries --- Euroland --- Europe --- Russie --- Rossīi︠a︡ --- Rossīĭskai︠a︡ Imperīi︠a︡ --- Russia (Provisional government, 1917) --- Russia (Vremennoe pravitelʹstvo, 1917) --- Russland --- Ṛusastan --- Russia (Tymchasovyĭ uri︠a︡d, 1917) --- Russian Empire --- Rosja --- Russia (Territory under White armies, 1918-1920) --- RF (Russian Federation) --- Россия (Federation)

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Political systems --- International relations. Foreign policy --- politiek --- democratie --- Europese instellingen --- Europe