| Democratization and Instability in Ukraine, Georgia, and Belarus Contributor(s): U. S. Army War College Press (Author), Strategic Studies Institute (Author) |
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ISBN: 150587467X ISBN-13: 9781505874679 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - Russian & Former Soviet Union |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.62 lbs) 204 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book analyzes the interconnections between the democratic institutionalization of the newly independent states using the examples of Ukraine, Georgia, and Belarus, their political (in)stability, and economic development and prosperity. By introducing the concept of regime mimicry into the field of public administration, the author expands the epistemological frameworks of the democratization school to the phenomenon of political culture. Successes and failures of the democratic institutionalization processes in these countries largely depend on the ways their institutional actors reacted to internal and external disturbances of their domestic political, economic, and cultural environments. While Georgia's political culture revealed the highest degree of flexibility in accepting the externally proposed institutional frameworks and practices, the bifurcate political culture in Ukraine impeded its democratic institutionalization, while the rigid political culture in Belarus completely stalled the process of institutional transformations. |