Legislative Networks and Reforms in Post-Soviet States

This book presents the legislative networks in charge of drafting democratic reforms as gatekeepers to the actual adoption, implementation, and internalisation of democratic norms in selected post-Soviet countries.

Marta Matrakova is a post-doctoral researcher at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.

1. Introduction: Why we need to focus on democratic reforms and legislative networks 2. Strategic control of legislative networks: Methods and cases 3. Rule of law 4. Interinstitutional accountability 5. Electoral accountability 6. Conclusions