The book investigates the substance of the European Union's (EU) democracy promotion policy. It focuses on elections, civil and political rights, horizontal accountability, effective power to govern, stateness, state administrative capacity, civil society, and socio-economic context as components of embedded liberal democracy.

Müge Aknur, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey. Canan Balk?r, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey. Federica Bicchi, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Fabienne Bossuyt, Ghent University, Belgium. Maurizio Carbone, University of Glasgow, UK. Bekim Çollaku, Prime Minister's Cabinet, Kosovo. Karen Del Biondo, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Eline De Ridder, Flemish Department of Education and Training, Belgium. Labinot Greiçevci, Research Institute of Development and European Affairs (RIDEA), Kosovo. Dimitry Kochenov, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Hrant Kostanyan, Ghent University, Belgium. Paul Kubicek, Oakland University, USA. Milja Kurki, Aberystwyth University, UK. Vicky Reynaert, independent scholar. Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Jessica Schmidt, Centre for Global Cooperation Research, Duisburg, Germany. Susan Stewart, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Germany. Benedetta Voltolini, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.