A Quarter Century of Post-Communism Assessed

This edited volume seeks to understand and explain the pattern of varying national and regional success in post-communist political and economic transition across the post-communist world. Despite widespread hopes for the development of vigorous democrati

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M. Steven Fish • Graeme Gill • Milenko Petrovic Editors

A Quarter Century of Post-Communism Assessed

Editors M. Steven Fish University of California Berkeley, CA, USA

Graeme Gill University of Sydney Sydney, Australia

Milenko Petrovic University of Canterbury Christchurch, New Zealand

ISBN 978-3-319-43436-0 ISBN 978-3-319-43437-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43437-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016948374 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: © Kasia Nowak / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

CONTENTS

Introduction M. Steven Fish, Graeme Gill and Milenko Petrovic

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Part I General Trends and Regional Patterns Chapter 1: What Has a Quarter Century of Post-Communism Taught Us About the Correlates of Democracy? M. Steven Fish Chapter 2: Post-Communist Transition Under the Umbrella of Uneven EUropeanisation: East Central Europe, the Baltic States and the Balkans Milenko Petrovic

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Chapter 3: Trajectories of Political Development in the Post-Soviet States Graeme Gill

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Chapter 4: Curbing Post-Communist Corruption: External Pressure vs. Domestic Commitment Leslie Holmes

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Part II Central and Eastern Europe Chapter 5: The V4 Countries and the EU: A Comparative Perspective Vladimir Baláž, Katarina Karasová and Allan M. Williams

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Chapter 6: Constitutional Identity? The Hungarian Model of Illiberal Democracy András L. Pap

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Chapter 7: Establishing the Rule of Law in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Contribution of the EU Civilian Missions Efstathios T. Fakiolas and Nikolaos Tzifakis Chapter 8: Old Paradigms of Ethnicity and Post-Soviet Transition in the Baltic States Šarūnas Liekis

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Part III Ukraine