This research aims to exam the influence of the European Union through ENP and EP on democratization process in Azerbaijan, as it questions the success of the conditionality and normative pressure used by EU as a tool of inducing change in undemocratic states that are not members of the EU. Achieving this aim was supported by looking at state of human rights in Azerbaijan that centered on political prisoners, freedom of press and media, and civil societies and the degree of political participation by the citizens. This thesis used content analysis that looked at important and pertinent reports from the EU that included Action Plan, European Neighborhood Policy, Azerbaijan Country Report, Eastern Partnership Summit report and Freedom House Nations reports. The analysis of contents from these reports revealed that EU through its conditionality has achieved little influence in promoting democracy in Azerbaijani. The reason being that the EU members have competing interests when it comes to Azerbaijan since as some members are interested in energy resources in the country hence are less critical of the happenings in Azerbaijan. The fact that Azerbaijan is not interested in joining the EU in future as well limits the use of conditionality on Azerbaijan. The thesis has concluded by stating that for the EU to have a bigger influence in democratization processes in Azerbaijan, it needs to rethink its ENP and EP and be more vocal in human rights abuses.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:425741 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Mammadov, Elmar |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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