Abstract
The present chapter considers the domestic facilitators and impediments to democratisation of political regimes in the common neighbourhood between the EU and Russia. The question it seeks to answer is: Under what domestic conditions are Eastern ENP countries likely to be receptive to EU democracy promotion efforts? The chapter looks at the cost-benefit balance of rule transfer, the structures of socio-economic development, the design of the main political institutions and the dispersion of power across (veto) actors.
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Buscaneanu, S. (2016). Domestic Contexts. In: Regime Dynamics in EU's Eastern Neighbourhood. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56326-2_6
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