Comparative Perspectives on the Substance of EU Democracy Promotion

This book examines the substance of European Union (EU) democracy promotion by comparing it with norms of governance that other international actors promote, among them the United Nations, the United States, Eastern EU member states, Russia, China and non-governmental organizations. Reflecting the nature of the EU, the substance of EU democracy promotion is found to be both diffuse and unbudgeable at the level of concepts and discourse, and flexible and technocratic at the level of implementation._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs.