The Balkan Countries in the Eurointegration Processes: Democracy Index (EIU 2017)
The Balkan Countries in the Eurointegration Processes: Democracy Index (EIU 2017)
Author(s): Blaga Blagoeva
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Government/Political systems, Electoral systems, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Politics and Identity
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: Democracy Index; Economist Intelligence Unit; Bulgaria; Balkans; electoral process and pluralism; government functioning; political participation; political culture; civil liberties
Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses the results from the Economist Intelligence Unit’s research for Democracy Index 2017. It starts by offering a general presentation of the research and focusesspecifically on the results of Bulgaria and other Balkan countries on several major criteria: electoral process and pluralism; government functioning; political participation; political culture;Civil liberties. The paper seeks to answer the question why there are not "Full Democracies" on the Balkans?
Book: The Balkans and Europe between Integration and Particularism
- Page Range: 107-117
- Page Count: 12
- Publication Year: 2019
- Language: English
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