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dc.contributor.authorMOLLER, Jorgenen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-27T10:04:35Z
dc.date.available2009-01-27T10:04:35Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifier.citationFlorence : European University Institute, 2007en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/10453
dc.descriptionDefence date: 28 September 2007
dc.descriptionExamining Board: Prof. Peter Mair (EUI); Prof. Herbert Kitschelt (Duke University); Prof. Leonardo Morlino (Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane); Prof. Laszlo Bruszt (EUI Supervisor)
dc.descriptionFirst made available online: 5 September 2009
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation seeks to explain the divergent political pathways of twenty six post-communist states, following the breakdown and eventual collapse of communism in 1989-1991. Considering the trajectories of individual states between 1990 – 2007, this dissertation challenges two central bodies of theory relating to democratization and regime change. Through a sustained analysis of global and post-communist developments within this time period, the author shows that claims of an increasing asymmetry between the ‘electoral’ and ‘liberal’ elements of modern democracy have been greatly exaggerated. The author goes on to contend that in accounting for the geographical dispersion of post-communist regime forms, deeper structural factors should be considered as crucial. The dissertation is divided into the following parts: * Part I demonstrates how different conceptualisations of democracy can lead to very different conclusions about the empirical dynamics of democratization. * Part II contrasts different explanations of post-communist political change and provides an integrated framework for explaining the political pathways encountered within the former Eastern Bloc. This dissertation will be of interest to students and scholars of post-communist studies, democratization studies, comparative politics and regime change.
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dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherEuropean University Instituteen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEUIen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSPSen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPhD Thesisen
dc.relation.hasversionhttp://hdl.handle.net/1814/11873
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.lcshPost-communism
dc.titleThe post-communist tripartition 1990-2005 : contrasting actor-centred and structural explanationsen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.identifier.doi10.2870/63801
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