Preface 1. 'Good' and 'Bad' Democracies: How to conduct research into the quality of democracy 2. The Quality of Democracies in Europe as Measured by Current Indicators of Democratization and Good Governance 3. The Misuse of Referenda in Post-Communist Europe4. Dimensions of Disengagement in Post-Communist Russia 5. Disengaged or Disenchanted?: The vote 'against all' in post-communist Russia6. The Quality of Democracy in Belarus and Ukraine7. The Sources and Dynamics of Competitive Authoritarianism in UkraineConclusion: Democracy in Post-Communist Europe: Fifteen years on

DEREK HUTCHESON, Elena A. Korosteleva

This collection of articles brings together a number of perspectives - both macro and micro-analytical - on the 'quality' of democracy in post-communist Europe, fifteen years from the start of the transition process.