Democratizing Central and Eastern Europe

Luca Tomini is Chargé de Recherche FNRS at the University of Brussels and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Oxford.

• Introduction 1 Effective Control and Proper Exercise of the Executive Power: Between Democratic Consolidation and Europeanization 2 Democratic Consolidation in Central and Eastern Europe: Domestic Factors, Paths and Outcomes 3 The External Influence on Democracy of the European Union: Strategies, Tools and Limits 4 Building Democratic and Accountable Governments 5 Ensuring Integrity: Between Political Behaviour and Policy-making 6 Accountability and Integrity: Between National Paths and European Pressures 7 Conclusions

'Democratizing Central and Eastern Europe is an important book. Although empirically researched in 2011–12 its key arguments map much of the territory that will preoccupy scholars trying to make sense of Central and Eastern Europe’s current democratic malaise...'Sean Hanley, UCL SSEES, Slavonic and East European Review