CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Lipovina, Boris |
|---|---|
| Title | It is the Logic of Dominant Party Systems that Matters: Revisiting the Case of Montenegro |
| Summary | In this thesis, I explore the puzzle of almost three decades of lack of alternation in governance in Montenegro from the perspective of dominant party systems. I argue that the current scholarship, by focusing mostly on individual-level and party-level explanations, still does not provide a complete insight into the case. Therefore, relying on the theory of the logic of dominant party systems I argue that the case of Montenegro is not peculiar as the current literature suggests but represents a typical example of the dominant party system which has a recognizable set of syndromes that manifest through cycles of dominance which I explore. In my research, I rely on theory-testing process tracing method: first, I deduce the theory on the logic of dominant party systems from the overall literature, then I define the suggested causal mechanism, and finally, I turn to the step-wise analysis of empirical data. The analysis shows that the Montenegrin dominant party system went through two cycles of dominance (1990-2001 and 2002-2015) and is currently awaiting the outcome of the third cycle (2016 – up to date). Although the regime type changed from authoritarian (1990-1997) to democratic (1998-2015) and back to authoritarian (2016-up to date), the theorized mechanism still applies indicating the primary importance of the suggested logic of dominant party systems. |
| Supervisor | Sata, Robert |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/lipovina_boris.pdf |
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