Inteational Actors, Democratization and the Rule of Law: Anchoring Democracy? (Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies)

ISBN-10: 0415451027

ISBN-13: 9780415451024

Edition: 1

Publication date: September 8, 2008

Hardcover: 320 pages
Book Description
Do exteal factors facilitate or hamper domestic democratic development? Do inteational actors influence the development of greater civil and political freedom, democratic accountability, equality, responsiveness and the rule of law in domestic systems? How should we conceptualize, identify and evaluate the extent and nature of inteational influence? These are some of the complex questions that this volume approaches. Using new theoretical insights and empirical data, the contributors develop a model to analyze the transitional processes of Romania, Turkey, Serbia and Ukraine. In developing this argument, the book examines: the adoption, implementation and intealization of the rule of law the rule of law as a central dimension of liberal and substantive democracy the interaction between exteal and domestic structures and agents Offering a different stance from most of the current literature on the subject, Inteational Actors, Democratization and the Rule of Law makes an important contribution to our knowledge of the inteational dimensions of democratization. This book will be of importance to scholars, students and policy-makers with an interest in the rule of law, inteational relations theory and comparative politics.