| Democratization And Instability In Ukraine, Georgia, And Belarus Contributor(s): Institute, Strategic Studies (Author), Nalbandov, Robert (Author), Press, U. S. Army War College (Author) |
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ISBN: 1312392711 ISBN-13: 9781312392717 Publisher: Lulu.com OUR PRICE: $20.44 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2014 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Education |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6" W x 9" (0.68 lbs) 206 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Nations democratize at a different pace: Some achieve high governance standards, lasting political stability, and robust economies; others are lingering in their desires to look and act like their democratic counterparts. While no country strictly follows similar patterns of democratic institutionalization, there is a variable that defines the rate of success of their efforts: their political culture. The empirical study by Dr. Robert Nalbandov unveils this "democratization puzzle" of incongruence between the levels of democracy, internal peace, and economic prosperity between the newly independent states of Ukraine, Georgia, and Belarus. By investigating the political cultures of the three post-Soviet countries, Dr. Nalbandov concludes that it was the distinct political cultures of these states (flexible in Georgia, rigid in Belarus, and bifurcate in Ukraine) that produced diverse outcomes in each specific case. |