Deconsolidation and de-democratisation: Current western Balkans experience of the transition

Christophe Solioz

doi:10.5771/1435-2869-2020-2-187

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- Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 143–144 Editorial 143–144
- 145–164 Bosnia and Herzegovina’s eroding Dayton constitutional order Jasmin Mujanović Jasmin Mujanović 145–164
- 165–186 Twenty five years of the Dayton Agreement: peace project or difficult journey towards a functional state Fatima Fazlić Fatima Fazlić 165–186
- 187–208 Deconsolidation and de-democratisation: Current western Balkans experience of the transition Christophe Solioz Christophe Solioz 187–208
- 209–232 Stepping up the beat: the reinvigoration of dialogue between the EU and the Balkans Calvin Allen Calvin Allen 209–232
- 233–244 Inequalities and political populism: The case of Bulgaria Lyuboslav Kostov Lyuboslav Kostov 233–244
- 245–266 The dynamics of class mobilisations: evidence from protest event analysis in Bulgaria and Slovenia Ivaylo Dinev Ivaylo Dinev 245–266
- 267–284 State and policy failure concerning refugees in Bulgaria: Dynamics, trends and paradoxes Ildiko Otova Ildiko Otova 267–284
- 285–286 About the Authors 285–286
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SEER Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe , page 187 - 208

Deconsolidation and de-democratisation: Current western Balkans experience of the transition

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Christophe Solioz

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/1435-2869-2020-2-187
- ISSN: 1435-2869
- ISSN online: 2942-3384
Abstract

This article reviews the third decade of the post-Wall transition of central and eastern Europe, paying particular attention to the western Balkans. It focuses on European integration and the indicators of deconsolidation - notably, the lack of trust which has characterised the ‘crisis of confidence’ induced by the EU’s own series of crises since the middle of the 2000s. Additionally, the rise of authoritarianism and populism across the region is often viewed as a symptom of a possible ‘de-democratisation’, or reverse wave. From a process-oriented perspective, the author suggests a rethinking of the various polarisations under which, instead of seeing democratisation and de-democratisation as opposing forces, we may recognise instead that both are actually continuous, interconnected processes related to democracy itself - and not (at least, not necessarily) to a growing state of non-democracy. Oscillation between these two states may well characterise the next decade of the transition but, if we are to address the problems that this causes, we must first understand precisely how we have got where we are.
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