The Dynamics of Democratic Exclusion

The military regime opened up the media sector to more competition and private broadcasters in 2002, and the ramifications turned out to be vast.

The countries of Central and Eastern Europe successfully transitioned to democracy. Do their ongoing political problems exist today because of or in spite of the European Union?

Courts empowered to overturn legislative acts have spread rapidly in recent years. If carefully designed and limited, constitutional courts may aid democratic consolidation, but if not, they can become objects…