TY - BOOK AU - Sharshenova,Aijan AU - Umland,Andreas AU - Crawford,Gordon TI - The European Union’s Democracy Promotion in Central Asia: A Study of Political Interests, Influence, and Development in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in 2007–2013 T2 - Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society SN - 9783838271514 AV - JQ1809.A15 .S537 2018 U1 - 303.484094 PY - 2018/// CY - Berlin PB - Ibidem Verlag KW - Democratization-Government policy-European Union countries KW - Democratization-Kazakhstan KW - Democratization-Kyrgyzstan KW - European Union countries-Foreign relations KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Introduction -- About this Book -- Case Studies -- On Data Collection -- Book Structure -- External Democracy Promotion: Promoters and Targets -- Democracy and Democracy Promotion: Theory and Practice -- European Union as a Democracy Promoter -- Central Asia as a Democracy Promotion Target -- Local Context in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan -- General Overview -- Transition and Democracy -- Regime Stability -- Economic Development -- EU Democracy Promotion in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan -- EU Actors and their Interests in Central Asia -- Legal and Normative Framework of EU Democracy Promotion -- Implementation in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan -- Evaluation of the EU Democracy Promotion in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan -- Evaluation of the Strategic Calculation Mechanism -- Evaluation of the Normative Suasion Mechanism -- Evaluation of the Democratic Empowerment Mechanism -- Evaluation of the Democratisation Progress in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan -- Factors Impeding EU Democracy Promotion in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan -- EU Factors -- Local Factors -- Regional Factors -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Appendix I: List of Interviews -- Appendix II: ISAF Troop Contributing Nations UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5782858 ER -