...Anastasia Poretskova; Anastasiia Ptichkina; Dina Rosenberg; Eugenia Tarnikova Why do democratization and gender quotas help to empower women politically in some countries, but not in others? This article addresses the question both theoretically and empirically by recognizing the role of historical...

...-communist countries. A sharp decline in socioeconomic status among the privileged class under the former regime strongly predicts anti-democratic and pro-authoritarian attitudes in the contemporary period. Conversely, those who have managed to maintain their statuses exhibit no significant opposition...

... likewise pay too much attention to structural factors and not enough to cultural and other context-related factors. In the literature of recent decades, the term civil society remained predominantly reserved for those forces which were perceived as pro-democratic and progressive against those considered...

... on China’s regime trajectory at later stages. This article first reviews the literature on democratic transition and regime resilience in China and discusses the historical legacies from the early stages of regime development. It highlights the importance of foundational and institutional resources...

.... In Central European countries, these parties are more often referred to as “post-communist parties” and the most well-known are former ruling parties . Most of these parties did not simply survive but actually thrived in the new democratic context. In the most successful cases they have won elections...

... and risks of such movements. © 2020 by the Regents of the University of California 2020 leaderless movement democratization civil society Hong Kong China In 2019, what began in Hong Kong as a series of rallies against a proposal to permit extraditions to mainland China grew into a raft...

... and the political failure in December 2016. The findings may add a new explanation to Moldova's permanent instability. Moldova street protests elections young people democratization For many years, Moldova has been on the crossroad between European integration and democratization, on the one hand...

...Jan Hornat The transformation process from an authoritarian/totalitarian system entails many institutional changes, however, the individual citizen is often being overlooked in this chaotic, fast-paced process and his or her “transformation” into a democrat is taken for granted. The changing socio...

... for the analysis of country-level and individual-level variation. Corruption Anti-Corruption agencies Rule of law Prosecutorial independence Europeanization Democratization Central Europe Balkans Regression analysis Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (2018) 231e244 Communist and Post-Communist...

.... As a consequence, there is little chance for a coalition of elites to mobilize against Putin. © 2017 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2017 The Regents of the University of California Russia Privatization Oligarch Putin Democratization...

... investment. © 2017 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2017 The Regents of the University of California Transparency Governance International institutions Democratization Oil revenues Kazakhstan to co bons tutio ve ind ndan...

...Timofey Agarin © 2016 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2016 The Regents of the University of California Citizen participation Postcommunist Europe Civil society Democratization Protest Development ernment, which...

... democratic processes in the new member states focussing on the changes in strengths and weaknesses of citizen engagement. It shows the ways in which the post-enlargement process, especially the economic crisis affected the ability of CEE citizens — both directly, and via civil society organisations and trade...

... civil society in Russia. © 2014 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2014 The Regents of the University of California Public Chamber Civil society Legitimacy Power Russia Democratization nt ye Ghod feder ion in ontex he...

...Povilas Žielys; Rūta Rudinskaitė The 2004 Orange Revolution failed to skyrocket Ukraine into the ranks of consolidated democracies. Some previous research claimed that, in the similar case of post-Rose Revolution Georgia, its vague democratic perspectives can be explained by, among others...

... of the University of California Public administration Macedonia Democratization Reforms 1. Introduction ratus the ci iptive on stu tion d s hav istra fter t sentia r. It is organised as r in the process of ical background of er-related facets of nt politicization of bureaucratic agencies, the inequitable...

..., the democratic openings often appear in unexpected places. Content analysis of two glamour monthlies, one ( GQ-Russian Edition ) intended for male audience, another ( Cosmopolitan-Russia ) – for female readership, shows consistently oppositional (anti-Putin) thrust of both publications, but also persistent...

... states Democratization Hybrid regimes Privatization Elites Post-Soviet space 2013 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. s hav f dem ion do ism (Geo ition and mount a ns of personalistic tors and affect the focusing on post- elite theory...

... for several reasons. First, in order to understand whether there is mutual dependence between internal political structures and processes and the chances of international recognition. Second, the post-Soviet de facto states are model cases for internal transformation or even democratization efforts...

... and the success or failure of democratization. Summing up the main findings of the issue, this article carves out the similarities and the differences in the internal political trajectories of the non-recognized but quite stable entities under analysis. Despite sometimes contradicting empirical evidence, one...