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001463754 1001_ $$aSōtēropoulos, Dēmētrēs A.,$$d1960-$$eauthor.
001463754 24514 $$aThe irregular pendulum of democracy :$$bpopulism, clientelism and corruption in post-Yugoslav successor states /$$cDimitri A. Sotiropoulos.
001463754 264_1 $$aCham, Switzerland :$$bPalgrave Macmillan,$$c2023.
001463754 300__ $$a1 online resource (359 pages) :$$billustrations (black and white, and color).
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001463754 4901_ $$aNew perspectives on South-East Europe
001463754 500__ $$aIncludes index.
001463754 5050_ $$a1. 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.
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001463754 520__ $$aThis 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 based in theory and sovereign knowledge of post-Yugoslav politics. Jovan Teokarevi, 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 democracy away from the democratic end in the cases of todays 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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001463754 650_0 $$aDemocracy$$zFormer Yugoslav republics.
001463754 650_0 $$aPopulism$$zFormer Yugoslav republics.
001463754 650_0 $$aPolitical corruption$$zFormer Yugoslav republics.
001463754 651_0 $$aFormer Yugoslav republics$$xPolitics and government.
001463754 655_0 $$aElectronic books.
001463754 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aSOTIROPOULOS, DIMITRI A.$$tIRREGULAR PENDULUM OF DEMOCRACY.$$d[Place of publication not identified] : PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, 2023$$z3031256085$$w(OCoLC)1360300495
001463754 830_0 $$aNew perspectives on South-East Europe.
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