CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2025
| Author | Wang, Wenkai |
|---|---|
| Title | The Trend From a Sham Democratic Constitution to a Real Authoritarian Constitution: A Comparative Study of China and Russia |
| Summary | This master’s thesis examines the trend of authoritarian regimes moving from “making democratic constitutions but not enforcing them” to “making and enforcing authoritarian constitutions” and the reasons for this trend. Today's people have largely accepted the values of democracy, the rule of law, freedom, and human rights, and few countries openly deny them. Countries that openly defy the values of “world society” by refusing to pay lip service to human rights and democracy invite ostracism from the international community. So why do authoritarian states now dare to blatantly add authoritarian elements to their constitutions is an interesting question. This paper uses China and Russia as comparative case studies. China and Russia are the two of the most powerful and influential authoritarian states in the world. It can be said that the similar changes produced by the Chinese and Russian constitutions can be conclude into a trend. |
| Supervisor | Möschel, Mathias |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2025/wang_wenkai.pdf |
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