He restored authority and moral leadership to the Vatican. His uncompromising re-statements of Roman Catholic beliefs were a beacon to millions of the faithful in danger of losing their way. But John Paul II, the product of a lifelong crusade against Nazism and Communism in his homeland, was ...
The steady modera- tion of party programmes since the early 2000s, the adoption of formally democratic procedures, and the nominal commitment to Europeanisation across party families fuelled scholarly confidence that the Western Balkans states would eventually arrive at the same stage of democratic ...