CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Kutmanaliev, Joldon Bolotovich |
|---|---|
| Title | The Political Opposition and Coalition-Building in the Post-communist Region: Post-Revolutionary Political Dynamics |
| Summary | At the crossroads of XXI century post-communist region witnessed series of so-called “Colored revolutions”. These electoral revolutions became a part of what Michael McFaul calls “fourth wave” of democratization. Despite the electoral revolutions occurred in the countries with relatively similar socio-economic conditions, yet, they produced different outcomes across cases. Based on theoretical model proposed by McFaul for explaining regime change in the post-communist region, the present research proposes an actor-centric approach in the study of electoral revolutions. By using the comparative method and the process tracing the thesis seeks to understand why electoral revolutions in the post-communist space produced different “democratic” outcomes. The main findings of this thesis suggest that the regime type resulting from electoral mode of regime change is determined by the political opposition that is in place during an electoral revolution. The research also suggests that democratic breakthrough in a competitive authoritarian regime is possible if political opposition has managed to build a strong and united coalition by the time an electoral revolution starts. |
| Supervisor | Fumagalli, Matteo |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/kutmanaliev_joldon.pdf |
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