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The book investigates the substance of the European Union´s (EU) democracy promotion policy. It focuses on elections, civil and political rights, horizontal accountability, effective power to govern, stateness, state administrative capacity, civil society, and socio-economic context as components of embedded liberal democracy.

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1. The Substance of EU Democracy Promotion: Introduction and Conceptual Framework; Anne Wetzel PART I: ALTERNATIVE REFLECTIONS ON THE EU AS A LIBERAL DEMOCRACY PROMOTER 2. Law Perspective: Praise Undeserved? The EU as a Democracy Promoter: A Skeptical Account; Dimitry Kochenov 3. Political Economy Perspective: Fuzzy Liberalism and EU Democracy Promotion: Why Concepts Matter; Milja Kurki 4. Critical Social Theory Perspective: Embeddedness as Substance: The EU´s Socialized Approach to Democratization; Jessica Schmidt 5. Governance Perspective: Democratic Governance Promotion through Functional Cooperation; Anne Wetzel PART II: COUNTRY CHAPTERS 6. Addressing the Remnants of a Communist Past through Accession: Slovakia and the Czech Republic; Eline De Ridder 7. Different Trajectories yet the Same Substance: Croatia and Turkey; Canan Balk?r and Müge Aknur 8. Promoting Democracy in Post-Conflict Societies: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo; Labinot Grei‡evci and Bekim €ollaku 9. Power Relations Meet Domestic Structures: Russia and Ukraine; Susan Stewart 10. Neither Integrated Nor Comprehensive in Substance: Armenia and Georgia; Hrant Kostanyan 11. Democracy through the Invisible Hand? Egypt and Tunisia; Vicky Reynaert 12. When Security Trumps Democracy: Israel and Palestine; Benedetta Voltolini and Federica Bicchi 13. Favouring Leaders over Laggards: Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan; Fabienne Bossuyt and Paul Kubicek 14. Democracy Promotion in Restrictive Environments: Ethiopia and Eritrea; Karen Del Biondo 15. Responding to Political Crises in the South Pacific: The Solomon Islands and Fiji; Maurizio Carbone and Karen Del Biondo 16. Much Ado about Nothing? Brazil and Venezuela; Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann PART III: CONCLUSIONS 17. Conclusions; Anne Wetzel and Jan Orbie

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"It addresses a very important and challenging topic by offering extremely rich and well-organised material. ... book is balanced both in terms of depth of analysis and breadth of empirical evidence. The use of a solid theoretical framework, the smart selection of cases, and a wide range of primary and secondary resources make the book a reliable source of information and insights for researchers and students ... . an engaging and substantial addition to the democratisation and democracy promotion literature." (Aijan Sharshenova, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 68 (2), 2016)

"The editors have gathered a good group of contributors predominantly with area expertise which guarantees the empirical research. ... In any case, the book is a highly valuable addition to the literature on democracy promotion." (Carlos Closa Montero, JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 54 (6), 2016)

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