Using Acemoglu and Robinson’s Concept to Assess Leviathans in CEECs in the Long Term

The main objective of the paper is to use following terms Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson – Despotic, Real, Paper, Shackled Leviathans check evaluate state democracy, governance social power in Central Eastern European Countries (CECCs). Six states were included study: Poland, Czechia, Slovakia (before 1993 Czechoslovakia), Hungary, Romania Bulgaria. Based on a historical analysis, Leviathan types identified interwar period, communism, transition time. In most recent period (the twenty‑first century), eight democracy freedom indices presented, which take into account quality governance, institutions potential capital six CEECs. usefulness these for assessing whether (and when) country managed shackle checked.