From consolidation to negotiation: democracy and policy reform in Central Eastern Europe

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This article introduces three major approaches in the analysis of contemporary democracies and relates them to the government capacity to implement policy reforms. This newly developed framework for analysis is then applied to 10 countries in Central Eastern Europe ... We find empirical evidence that all 10 countries have reached a stage of democratic consolidation among the major political institutions. Yet the capacity of each country to implement policy reforms varies considerably. While Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Lithuania performed the best "framework conditions" for introducing policy reform, we find hardly any indicators for a strong implementation of policy reforms in Latvia, Romania, and Slovakia ...
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDemocracy in Asia, Europe, and the world : Towards a Universal Definition?
EditorsAhn Chung-Si, Bertrand Fort
Number of pages16
PublisherMarshall Cavendish Academic
Publication date2006
Pages151-166
ISBN (print)978-981-210-325-3, 981-210-325-2
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Event7th Asia-Europe Roundtable on Conflict Management - AER 2010: Governance & Human Rights - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 20.05.201021.05.2010
Conference number: 7
https://www.asef.org/projects/themes/governance/2305-7th-asia-europe-roundtable