The 'third wave'of democratization has resulted in the proliferation of regimes that are neither
fully democratic nor classic authoritarian. To capture the nature of these hybrid regimes, the …

This article engages in the flourishing debate on the external dimension of democratization
by proposing a theoretical model of when external actors can influence democratization. The …

Despite initial scepticism about their very existence, hybrid regimes have increasingly
attracted scholarly attention. The rapid development of the debate, however, is in striking …

Based on over 130 interviews with criminals, law enforcement officials and government
representatives from post-Soviet Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan, this book situates …

The article explores the conditions under which incumbent leaders in initially competitive
political systems manage to offset democratic resistance and establish an authoritarian …

For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the world is steadily becoming less
democratic. The true culprits are dictators and counterfeit democrats. But, argues Klaas, the …

The establishment of a democratic political system has been declared as one of the main
priorities of Ukraine since gaining independence in 1991. Yet, three decades on, Ukraine's …

Using a panel of democracies from 1987 to 2016, this study examines the effect of a
defective democracy on the political budget cycle. To separate defective democracies from …

External forces have pushed Central-East Europe's nascent political science disciplines
toward convergence: the European Union's educational policies, the funding and training …

Nostalgia for the communist past originates in positive evaluations of communist political
and economic systems and in identification with the Soviet Union. It is people's socialization …