Förderung der Demokratie in der europäischen Nachbarschaft: Analyse der verhaltensbedingten, institutionellen und strukturellen Blockaden

The European Union promotes democratisation in the European neighbourhood. Despite this policy, however, the region is characterised by de-democratisation and autocratisation. The authors explain this by behavioural, institutional and structural blockages that can be found in the European neighbourhood. New actors such as China and Russia also offer promising non-democratic alternatives to the liberal model of democracy. They form coalitions with political actors unwilling to democratise and thus undermine European democracy promotion.