European University Institute Library

Autocratic and democratic external influences in post-Soviet Eurasia, edited by Anastassia Obydenkova, Alexander Libman

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

Autocratic and democratic external influences in post-Soviet Eurasia

bibliography

911011944

edited by Anastassia Obydenkova, Alexander Libman

Post-Soviet politics

As the Ukrainian Crisis shows both political regimes and national borders in Eurasia are still in a state of flux. Bringing together literatures on the external influences of democratization, the post-Soviet space and support for autocracy Autocratic and Democratic External influences in Post-Soviet Eurasia provides a comprehensive overview of the interaction of domestic and international politics during times of regime transition. Demonstrating the interplay of these forces the book explores the rich variation in motives and channels of autocratic and democratic influences. International scholars consider two channels of external influence on regime transition; the role of supranational organizations established by non-democracies and the role of non-governmental organizations and through a set of carefully chosen case studies offer a new theoretical discussion on the phenomenon of multi-level regime transition.--, Provided by publisher

1. New theory of external dimension of transition : introduction / Alexander Libman and Anastassia Obydenkova -- 2. Modern external influences and the multilevel regime transition : theory-building / Anastassia Obydenkova and Alexander Libman -- Part I. Democratic external influences : overlooked dimensions -- 3. Supranational organizations : the EU and post-Soviet civil society network / Ekaterina Turkina -- 4. Non-governmental actors : think tanks and rock music in Belarus / Maria Bigday and Yauheni Kryzhanouski -- Part II. Autocratic external influences : testing a multiLevel approach -- 5. National level : how the EU and Russia manage their unintended impact on their common neighbours / Tom Casier -- 6. Subnational level : Russian support for secessionism and pockets of autocracy / Jakob Tolstrup -- 7. Supranational organizations : Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union / Alexander Libman -- 8. Non-governmental actors : public diplomacy and Russian policy in the post-Soviet states / Ekaterina Furman -- 9. Summarizing theory-testing and future research agenda / Alexander Libman and Anastassia Obydenkova