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The Western Balkans during the pandemic: Democracy and rule of law in quarantine?
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Abstract In the Western Balkans, as elsewhere around the world, governments took extraordinary measures to effectively contain the spread of COVID-19, measures that entailed serious restrictions to individual freedoms. They also introduced extra powers that upset the ordinary division and balance of governme... mehr
In the Western Balkans, as elsewhere around the world, governments took extraordinary measures to effectively contain the spread of COVID-19, measures that entailed serious restrictions to individual freedoms. They also introduced extra powers that upset the ordinary division and balance of governmental power. In this context, several analysts have expressed concern that the authoritarian trend observed in the region during the last decade will become further entrenched. The worst fear, that some of the Western Balkan leaderships may retain extraordinary powers indefinitely, has not been confirmed. However, constitutionally prescribed procedures were disregarded and the operation of formal and informal mechanisms of checks and balances ignored. The article argues that the ease with which the Western Balkan leaders removed any checks and controls over their rule raises the valid question of how they may deal with future circumstances which may endanger their power.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Südosteuropa; Epidemie; Gesundheitspolitik; autoritäres System; Rechtsstaat; Demokratie; politische Macht; Missbrauch; EU-Erweiterung
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
Western Balkans
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 197-205
Zeitschriftentitel
European View, 19 (2020) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1781685820963333
ISSN
1865-5831
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)