The European Union & Democratization

The European Union has been a key actor in promoting democratization and providing assistance to encourage political change. This book assesses the EU's contribution to democratization by looking at the failures and states that offered resistance to EU pressure to reform, aiming to understand how the EU overcame or failed to overcome the numerous barriers blocking democratic progress. The book features studies on Slovakia, Romania, Croatia, Turkey, Ukraine, Morocco and Latvia.

Paul J. Kubicek is Associate Professor of Political Science at Oakland University, USA. He is the author of numerous works on post-communist and Turkish politics, and is the author of From Solidarity to Infirmity: Organized Labor in Post-Communist States.

Chapter 1 International norms, the European Union, and democratization, Paul J. Kubicek; Chapter 2 The European Union, democratization, and minorities in Latvia, Nils Muiznieks, Ilze Brands Kehris; Chapter 3 The ambivalent influence of the European Union on democratization in Slovakia, Kevin Deegan Krause; Chapter 4 The European Union and Romania, William Crowther; Chapter 5 The politics of conditionality, Thomas W. Smith; Chapter 6 The European Union and Croatia, Stephen M. Tull; Chapter 7 The European Union and Ukraine, Paul J. Kubicek; Chapter 8 The European Union and democratization in Morocco, Bradford Dillman; Chapter 9 Conclusion, Paul J. Kubicek;