While the International system has been evolving in an increasingly liberal direction, the level of democratic practice within the Post-Soviet region has, on the whole, declined.
Each selection in this volume explores how International factors interact with domestic conditions to explain the persistence of au.
Two decades after the popular uprisings against communism, many governments in the region have successfully blunted both popular and International pressures for democratic consolidation.
While the International system has been evolving in an increasingly liberal direction, the level of democratic practice within the Post-Soviet region has, on the whole, declined