Varieties of Democratic Backsliding in Eastern Europe: Populism and Sovereigntism in EU Policymaking

• In Event: Populism, Extremism, and their Political Impacts in Europe

Brief Overview

This paper examines diverse trajectories of democratic backsliding on the example of illiberal tendencies in the domestic politics of key states in East Central Europe and their clash with the rule-of-law premises of the EU’s political order.

Author

• Boyka M Stefanova, The University of Texas at San Antonio