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The (geo)politics of democracy in wider Europe
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Florence : European University Institute, 2025
EUI; RSC; Global Governance Programme; Southeastern Europe
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DZANKIC, Jelena, KOTEVSKA, Biljana, MOKRÁ, Lucia (editor/s), The (geo)politics of democracy in wider Europe, Florence : European University Institute, 2025, EUI, RSC, Global Governance Programme, Southeastern Europe - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/92936
Abstract
The global geopolitical planes have shifted with the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine and the war in Gaza. These geopolitical shifts have revealed how intimately connected democracy is to geopolitics, and how vulnerable are nascent and transitional democratic societies to external influence. This book looks at the interplay between the European Union (EU) enlargement and democratic development, and how it has been affected by the political, economic and cultural influences of undemocratic third actors. The first part of the book zooms in on these actors in the six Western Balkan states (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia). The second part of the book complements the country studies with thematic insights from specific areas on entanglement between democracy and geopolitical interests and influences. The third, final, part of the book reflects on previous enlargements, highlighting how important it is to prevent transitional experiences that enable the rise of illiberal forces.
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-- The (Geo)Politics of Democracy in Wider Europe: Step One
-- Part 1. Western Balkan Country Perspectives
-- Nuances of (Geo)Politics of Democracy in Albania Explained through the Italy-Albania Agreement on Migrants
-- Unpacking Foreign Influence on Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
-- Geopolitics and Democracy in Kosovo
-- Democratic Decline in Montenegro: Internal Political Weakness, or External Geopolitical Interference?
-- When the EU’s Transformative Power Is Undermined by Its Member States: The Case of North Macedonia
-- Geopolitical Autocratisation in Serbia
-- Part 2. Transversal Spaces
-- The Geopolitics of Democracy in the Western Balkans
-- Nationalist Outbidding in the Shadow of Geopolitical Change
-- Economic Vulnerability and the State of Democracy in the Western Balkans
-- The Recent Illiberal Turn and Social Policy in the Western Balkans
-- Intersectionality Lost? Intersectional Inequalities at the Crossroads of Rising Illiberalism and EU Enlargement
-- The Impact of the Geopolitical Tensions between the European Union and Russia on the Western Balkans
-- Inside Out: Internal and External Pressures in the Western Balkans amidst Global Transformations and Counter-Peace Dynamics
-- Part 3. European Landscapes
-- The Weak Link: the Orbán Regime’s Impact on European (Geo)Politics and Democracy
-- The EU’s Democratic Paradox: Tackling Democracy Deficits Across Candidates, Members, and Institutions
-- Towards ‘All Cardinal Directions’? At the Crossroads of Democracy and Foreign Policy in Slovakia’s Relationship with the EU
-- The role of the European Union in (De)Democratising Its ‘New’ Members: Insights from Slovenia
-- From the Periphery to the Centre: Transnational Networks in Central and Eastern Europe
-- Epilogue: From the ‘External’ to the ‘Internal’ Threats to Democracy
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Published online: June 2025
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This book has been funded/co-funded by the EUI Widening Europe Programme.