CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Pullova, Karolina |
|---|---|
| Title | Analyzing Patterns of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe |
| Summary | Arend Lijphart’s typology of democratic systems, where he differentiates between majoritarian and consensus democracies, has been regarded as one of the most prominent and influential typologies of modern democratic systems. However, in recent decades its usefulness as a typology of democratic systems started to be questioned, as many scholars by replicating his work revealed that some of his core findings do not hold outside his sample of mature democracies. The present thesis tests the usefulness of Lijphart’s typology, firstly by analyzing institutional constellation in two of the newest democracies from the Central and Eastern European region – Croatia and Serbia, and, secondly by mapping more recent institutional changes and developments in the sample of ten Central and Eastern European democracies, which were previously analyzed by Andrew Roberts in 2006. The results show that Lijphart’s typology is not useful in explaining realities in Croatia and Serbia. Furthermore, the empirical findings reveal that Central and Eastern European democracies are gradually shifting towards more consensus, but in some cases also towards more majoritarian settings. |
| Supervisor | Bogaards, Matthijs |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/pullova_karolina.pdf |
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