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Abstract
This report investigates how selected EU member states – Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy,
Poland and Sweden – support democracy in the EU's eastern and southern neighbourhoods. We analyse and map involved actors, applied instruments, and funding schemes. Of particular interest in the report is whether internal actors in countries under investigation contested democracy support. It is an important element of a broader perspective offered by the SHAPEDEM-EU where understanding the dynamic of EU democracy promotion must include a look at the domestic preferences, institutions, policy dynamics etc. in the EU member states that complement EU efforts.
Each national research team built a sample of documents produced by actors identified in their respective countries as active in democracy support in one of the neighbourhoods. The study covered the period from 2011 to 2022. After building the sample for each national team, we coded all documents using MaxQDA software and using unified codebook.
To identify the democracy support practices and contestation of such practices, we focus on various actors who act in different capacities, are differently situated in the political structure, and vary in the power to influence the state's policies or broader public discourses. We identified actors who are
usually involved in such practices. This group includes national governments, national political parties and their leaders, national parliaments, regional and local governments, national think tanks and experts, civil society actors, and interest groups.
The report finds that democracy support in selected EUMS under investigation is more pragmatically related to regional stability and security rather than is more based on assumed shared values. The other relevant finding is that democracy support practices in EUMS are more based on developmental aspects of democracy support. Democracy support is often anchored in the practices of development cooperation, like supporting good governance or human rights. In most of the analysed cases, the contestation of democracy support is not dominant in the public discourse of EUMS under investigation. Moreover, there has been very little impact of illiberal and populist political forces on contesting democracy support in those EUMS.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Publikationsdato | okt. 2024 |
Udgivelsessted | online |
Udgiver | SHAPEDEM-EU Horizon Europe project website |
Antal sider | 69 |
Status | Udgivet - okt. 2024 |
Emneord
- Contestation
- EU
- EU member States
- Denmark
- Sweden
- Spain
- Germany
- Italy
- France
- Austria
- Poland
- Democracy support
- Democracy
Projekter
- 1 Igangværende
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SHAPEDEM-EU: SHAPEDEM-EU Horizon Europe: EU Democracy Support in its Eastern and Southern Neighbourhoods
Pace, M. (Projektsamarbejdspartner), Huber, D. (Projektsamarbejdspartner), Korosteleva-Polglase, E. (Projektsamarbejdspartner), Makdisi, K. (Projektsamarbejdspartner), Soler, E. (Projektsamarbejdspartner), Ghali, A. (Projektsamarbejdspartner), Bahout, J. (Projektsamarbejdspartner), Mouawad, J. (Projektsamarbejdspartner), Colombo, S. (Projektsamarbejdspartner), Balfour, R. (Projektsamarbejdspartner), Youngs, C. (Projektsamarbejdspartner), Mikhelidze, N. (Projektsamarbejdspartner), Lledo, E. (Projektsamarbejdspartner), Gora, M. (Projektsamarbejdspartner), Haardt, J. (Projektsamarbejdspartner), Konrad, L. E. (Projektsamarbejdspartner), Gawrich, A. (Projektkoordinator), Schnoppner, F. A. (Projektkoordinator), Koubaa, M. (Projektsamarbejdspartner), Utgés Serra , M. (Projektsamarbejdspartner), Kurukulasuriya , L. (Projektsamarbejdspartner), Osypchuk , A. (Projektsamarbejdspartner), Haran, O. (Projektsamarbejdspartner), Yerashevich, N. (Projektsamarbejdspartner) & Achrainer, C. (Projektdeltager)
01/10/2022 → 30/09/2025
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning