Legislative Capture and Oligarchic Collusion: Two Pathways of Democratic Backsliding and Recovery in Moldova

Marandici, Ion

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dc.contributor.author	Marandici, Ion	de
dc.date.accessioned	2025-07-04T07:48:41Z
dc.date.available	2025-07-04T07:48:41Z
dc.date.issued	2024	de
dc.identifier.issn	1552-3349	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/103301
dc.description.abstract	I examine two pathways of democratic backsliding in Moldova, and the ways in which the country was able to reverse the backsliding trends. The first episode (2001-2009) started with a political party gaining a supermajority in Parliament and setting up a semi-authoritarian system of governance. Pro-democracy protests and coercive attempts by the state to suppress them led to an institutional stalemate, culminating in snap elections that brought a victory for the political opposition. The second backsliding episode (2014-2019) was characterized by oligarchic collusion: major oligarchs funded and controlled the ruling parties while engaging in grand corruption and contributing to a gradual democratic decline. Recovery from this backsliding episode was enabled by cross-ethnic, trans-ideological protests against corruption, strategic institutional changes, and inter-oligarchic wars. The analysis underscores how contentious politics, electoral processes, and the empowerment of weakened political institutions can help generate democratic recovery.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Politikwissenschaft	de
dc.subject.ddc	Political science	en
dc.subject.other	Moldova; legislative capture; democratic backsliding; wealth inequality	de
dc.title	Legislative Capture and Oligarchic Collusion: Two Pathways of Democratic Backsliding and Recovery in Moldova	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
dc.source.volume	712	de
dc.publisher.country	USA	de
dc.source.issue	1	de
dc.subject.classoz	politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur	de
dc.subject.classoz	Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Republik Moldau	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Moldova	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Demokratie	de
dc.subject.thesoz	democracy	en
dc.subject.thesoz	politische Entwicklung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	political development	en
dc.subject.thesoz	politisches System	de
dc.subject.thesoz	political system	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Oligarchie	de
dc.subject.thesoz	oligarchy	en
dc.subject.thesoz	politischer Einfluss	de
dc.subject.thesoz	political influence	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Korruption	de
dc.subject.thesoz	corruption	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Demokratisierung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	democratization	en
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-103301-3
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Public Domain Dedication	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Public Domain Dedication	en
ssoar.contributor.institution	University of Fribourg	de
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dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.source.pageinfo	93-108	de
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1177/00027162241307749	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Postprint	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Postprint	en
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dc.subject.classhort	10500	de
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