The European Union’s Democracy Promotion in Central Asia : A Study of Political Interests, Influence, and Development in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in 2007–2013.

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.

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