... regarding perceived political performance, rather than perceived economic performance, are found to exert a causal effect on individuals’ decisions to participate in mass protests. These perceived political performance variables include mass dissatisfaction with Hong Kong’s lack of democracy...

... to be one of the most significant challenges that Europe faces, undermining citizens' trust in democratic institutions and weakening the accountability of political leadership. Evidence suggests that in fragile EU democracies such as Bulgaria, despite more than eight years of full membership and numerous...

... of the University of California Privatization Estonia Energy sector Democratic decision-making Neo-liberalism Democracy Article history: Available online 11 November 2018 Keywords: Privatization Estonia Energy sector 1. Introduction ects of debate ever omic and political ets, in particular, is ore...

...Martina Klicperova-Baker; Jaroslav Koštál Frustration/satisfaction under the post-Communist democracy and under the pre-1989 Communist authoritarianism were studied in the Czech Republic in 2008 using a nationwide sample of 1093 respondents and an original Societal Frustration inventory...

... by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2015 The Regents of the University of California Nationalism Ukraine OUN Dontsov Democracy Interwar ideology Literature National democracy, the OUN, and Dontsovism: Three Keywords: Nationalism Ukraine carpathia) and in emigr e Ukrainian...

... accounting for value change. The results are ambiguous and only partially confirm validity of the emancipative theory of democracy on an individual level in Georgia. * Corresponding author. © 2014 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved...

...Richard D. Anderson, Jr. Discourse analysis reveals that Mikhail Gorbachev as General Secretary and his successors as Russian presidents have practiced a shared strategy of metaphorical – not spatial – centrism that has gradually slid the state from dictatorship toward democracy. Preservation...

... of California Ukraine National identity Ethnic and regional divide Democracy Civic society Economy Corruption Power Conflict a common identity; (2) a country in an unfinished transition and degradation; (3) a divided society; and (4) Ukraine as a colony or wild capitalism . The analysis...

... of California Openness Perestroika Emigration Elites Corruption Professionalism Science Putin Democracy t sys foreve ences ide 000) system. Paradoxically, though, he left the freedom to have contact with foreign countries intact, including the ability to travel. The Russians have shown...

...Licínia Simão This article looks at the interdependences between the democratisation processes in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh and the management of the Karabakh conflict, focussing on the EU’s democracy promotion policies. The article argues that the EU’s normative foreign policy...

... the same underhanded tactics which are used against the liberals. © 2011 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2011 The Regents of the University of California Communist Putin Election Democracy Russia Stalin Ideology...

...Richard D. Anderson, Jr. Violations of rights, a weak Duma, political parties dominated by bureaucrats, and corrupt privatization are ordinarily taken as signs or even causes of the failure of democracy in Russia or at best as normal traits of electoral politics in a middle-income state. Yet all...

...Benjamin Darr; Vicki Hesli Borrowing the dominant theoretical frameworks of studies of voter turnout in the developed world, this paper tests the applicability of these frameworks to a transitional democracy in a Muslim society. Using logistic regression, we estimate an individual’s likelihood...

... constraints and are, therefore, likely to subsist. © 2010 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2010 The Regents of the University of California Democracy Post-communism Typology Hierarchy Structural explanations Post-communist...

.... For the European post-Communist cases, the pattern of the relationship between the regime type and the propensity to associate closely resembles the one in Latin mature democracies and non-authoritarian countries, provided that voluntary associations are chosen as measurements of vitality of social capital...

... reserved. 2005 The Regents of the University of California Democracy Authoritarianism Ukraine Kuchma Orange revolution Yushchenko Competitive authoritarianism Rapacious individualism and political competition in Ukraine, 1992e2004 Lucan A. Way Department of Political Science, Temple...

.... 2004 The Regents of the University of California Privatization Oligarchy Democracy Authoritarianism election Corruption Communist and Post-Communist Studies 37 (2004) 135 160 (Alexander Pushkin, 1827) 7-3 ress th /li Tel.: +1-51 E-mail add 1 No. 26 on 2002).0967-067X/$ - se Elsevier Ltd...

... of California Transition Cambodia Elitism Patronage Democracy Communist/communism Communist and Post-Communist Studies 36 (2003) 245 258 From communism to democracy in Cambodia: a decade of transition and beyond D. Roberts Magee College, University of Ulster, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK...

... The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2001 The Regents of the University of California Mongolia Democracy Democratization Authoritarianism Central Asia Postcommunist Elections Communist and Post-Communist Studies 34 (2001) 323 338...

...Suzanne LaFont The role and status of women in the post-communist countries has been and continues to be varied and full of contradictions. This article discusses the historical, social, economic, and political dynamics affecting the lives of women during the transition from communism to democracy...