This REDEMOS working paper, authored by Tina Freyburg (University of St. Gallen), Mădălina Dobrescu (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), and Anastasiia Vlasenko (Kyiv School of Economics), entitled “Conceptual framework EU democracy funding: Unpacking EU democracy assistance. What model of democracy does EU funding suit?” offers a structured approach to understanding the EU’s democracy assistance efforts.
This working paper makes two contributions: first, it conceptually acknowledges the varieties of democracy in democracy assistance, and second, it empirically assesses which of these varieties of democracy prevail in EU democracy assistance to the eastern neighbourhood countries, over time and across partner countries.