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Is there a necessary condition for democracy? The role of state capacity in postcommunist countries
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Abstract Although postcommunist countries share a common past, the variability of outcomes in both democracy and economic reform is very large in the region. Only a few countries have become Western-type democracies in Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic. By contrast, the norm is clearly not democracy ... mehr
Although postcommunist countries share a common past, the variability of outcomes in both democracy and economic reform is very large in the region. Only a few countries have become Western-type democracies in Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic. By contrast, the norm is clearly not democracy for other Soviet successor states. In this article, the author attributes this variation to differences in the infrastructural capacity of the state. Using both quantitative and qualitative analyses within 26 postcommunist countries, the author argues that for democracy to flourish, the state must first possess the necessary means to maintain law and order and to protect the rights of citizens, in other words, to ensure the maintenance and delivery of essential public goods. The results show that the links between a strong state that has been able to apply a definitive set of rules and democratic institutions are clear. (author's abstract)... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Staatlichkeit; Transformation; Demokratie; Rechtsstaat; Staatsfunktion; postkommunistische Gesellschaft; Demokratisierung; Bürgerrecht; Osteuropa; öffentliches Gut
Klassifikation
Staat, staatliche Organisationsformen
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2012
Seitenangabe
S. 903-930
Zeitschriftentitel
Comparative political studies, 45 (2012) 7
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414011428587
ISSN
0010-4140
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung
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