CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2024
| Author | Self-employed |
|---|---|
| Title | The Relationship between the Form of Government and the Sustainability of Democracy in Post-Soviet Countries: Russia and Ukraine |
| Summary | In this work, the author explores the relationship between the form of government and the sustainability of democracy in two post-Soviet republics: Russia and Ukraine. The author uses methods of constitutional law and political science and finds a stable connection between changes in the form of government (presidential, semi-presidential, and parliamentary republics) and changes in the political regime. The texts of the constitutions of Russia and Ukraine are used to assess the form of government in different periods of time, and the results of parliamentary and presidential elections and democracy indices (V-Dem, Freedom in the World, Voice and Accountability) are used to assess the state of political regime. The main conclusion is that strengthening the power of the president usually leads to growing authoritarian tendencies, while weakening presidential power tends to democratize the political system. |
| Supervisor | Matthew Decloedt |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2024/rusakovich_artem.pdf |
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