This book seeks to inject fresh thinking into the debate on democratic deterioration in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), viewing 'democratic backsliding' throu

This book seeks to inject fresh thinking into the debate on democratic deterioration in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), viewing ‘democratic backsliding’ t

Josip Broz Tito's saying that 'one should not hold on to the law like a drunken man holds on to a fence' remains a valid piece of popular wisdom today, encapsul

Examines the economic, social, cultural, as well as purely political threats to democracy in the light of current knowledge.

This edited volume addresses the set of politically challenging issues that the advent of populist movements raised for individual nation states and the whole E