Growing Strong, Growing Apart : The Erosion of Democracy As a Core Pillar of NATO Enlargement, 1949-2023 / Eyal Rubinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rubinson, Eyal, 1986- author.

Series:

SUNY series, James N. Rosenau series in global politics.

SUNY Series, James N. Rosenau Series in Global Politics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2024]

Summary:

Explores the role of democracy in NATO expansion decisions throughout the organizations history and looking forward into the future.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Roots and Causes of NATO Enlargement

The Essentials of NATO Enlargement: Why IOs Seek Growth?

The Mechanics of Enlargement in International Organizations: NATO Enlargement Unpacked

Chapter 2 Democracy as a Founding Principle of the Alliance

Democracy as NATO's Founding Principle

Democracy as a Prerequisite for NATO Membership in the post-Cold War Era

Chapter 3 The Erosion of NATO's Democratic Tenet

Measuring the Democratic Composition of the Alliance: When the Numbers Tell a Story

NATO's Decision-making on Enlargement as a "Normalization of Deviance": A New Theoretical Framework

Elite Interviews with NATO Personnel: An Evaluation of the Prospects for Normalization of Deviance

Appendix-List of Interviewees

Chapter 4 NATO Enlargement during the Cold War Era

The Inaugural Enlargement: Greece and Turkey, 1952

The Second Enlargement: Reintegrating the Federal Republic of Germany to the Family of Nations, 1955

The Third Enlargement: Reinstating Democracy in Spain, 1982

Chapter 5 NATO Enlargement after the Cold War

A New Era in NATO Enlargement: Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, 1999

NATO Reinvented: The Integration of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia, 2004

Romania

Bulgaria

The Slovak Republic (Slovakia)

Slovenia

The Baltics: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

The Age of Hybrid Regime Membership: Croatia, Albania, Montenegro, and North Macedonia, 2009-2020

Albania

Croatia

Montenegro, 2017

North Macedonia

The Wildcards of NATO Enlargement: Finland and Sweden

Chapter 6 The Prospects for Future Expansion

Ukraine

Georgia: The Land of Unfulfilled Potential

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Leaving Much to Be Desired.

Imagining Further Enlargements: The Glass Ceiling of Expansion

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438497334

1438497334