Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos

The Irregular Pendulum of Democracy (eBook, PDF)

Populism, Clientelism and Corruption in Post-Yugoslav Successor States

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is a "Must-Read" for those interested to grasp the fluidity of dynamics marking the Yugoslav successor states, and particularly Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia. The author insightfully describes how corruption, clientelism, and populism dramatically squeeze these countries in a vice grip between democratization and its reversal. The image of the "irregular pendulum of democracy" helps focusing on key mechanisms causing the backsliding of democracy in this European region.

Stefano Bianchini, University of Bologna, Italy

The first original contribution of this book is a productive analytical merge of populism, clientelism and corruption with specific strategies that elites employ to push democracy downhill. The second one is a refined analysis of an "irregular pendulum of democracy" in Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia. Sotiropoulos' arguments are clear and convincing. His sophisticated empirical analysis is firmly basedin theory and sovereign knowledge of post-Yugoslav politics.

Jovan Teokarevic, University of Belgrade, Serbia, and College of Europe, Belgium

The author offers a lucid account of the weakening of democratic institutions in the Western Balkans and a theoretical explanation of the causal mechanisms enabling authoritarian-minded leaderships to hold on power. Drawing on democratization theory and extensive fieldwork, the book presents a deeply thought-out analytical scheme of authoritarian trends that is worth testing in other regions as well.

Nikolaos Tzifakis, University of the Peloponnese, Greece

¿This book interprets the backsliding of democracy through a metaphor, the 'irregular pendulum of democracy', suggesting that regimes may swing between liberal democracy and competitive authoritarianism. Irregular movements may occur back and forth, particularly when democracy is not consolidated. The book analyses the swing of unconsolidated democracyaway from the democratic end in the cases of today's Serbia and Montenegro and the tentative swing back towards liberal democracy in the case of North Macedonia after 2017.

Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 401
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783031256097
• Artikelnr.: 67865721

Autorenporträt

Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction.- 2. Populism, Clientelism and Corruption and the International Crisis of Democracy.- 3. The Pendulum of Democracy in Post-Yugoslav Successor States: Causes of the Backsliding of Democracy.- 4. Economy, Culture and Party System: Preconditions for State-Society Relations Eroding Democracy.- 5. Populism as a Type of State-Society Relations Eroding Democracy.- 6. Political clientelism as a Type of State-Society Relations Eroding Democracy.- 7. Political corruption as a Type of State-Society Relations Eroding Democracy.- 8. How Elected Governments Make Democracies Backslide: the Case of Serbia.- 9. How Elected Governments Make Democracies Backslide: the Case of Montenegro.- 10. How Elected Governments Make Democracies Backslide: the case of North Macedonia.- 11. Prolonging or Halting Democratic Erosion in Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia: a Comparison.- 12. Conclusions.

Rezensionen

"The book represents an important contribution to contemporary studies of democracy and provides its readers with an innovative approach to state-society relations. Focused on three successor countries of Yugoslavia, its relevance goes far beyond this region and should be of interest to any scholar interested in what makes democracy sustainable." (Dusan Spasojevic, Comparative Southeast European Studies, Vol. 71 (4), 2023)

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