Georgia since the country's independence.in 1991. I argue that rather than promoting 'democracy', Western governments … authoritarianism' in Georgia.I document the ways in which 'the West' has aided successive Georgian competitive authoritarian regimes …

attention to Athenian democracy as a deliberative regime …

alternative to capitalist liberal democracy depends, first and foremost, on these regimes' ability or the lack thereof to develop …

Why has democracy failed to take root in Russia? In the waning years of the Soviet Union and in the beginning of the … one of the world's most striking returns to authoritarianism. Building on the collective findings of scholars of Russian … that lies between structure and historical factors, on the one hand, and the survival of democracy, on the other. By …

behaviour under authoritarianism is similar to the same process in consolidated democracy. However, the lack of a clear policy …

created opportunities for democratization, but in the absence of a potent domestic push for democracy, it usually resulted in … a new round of competitive authoritarianism. Where state and ruling parties were of medium strength, mineral resources …