TY - JOUR
T1 - The Quality of Democracy in Belarus and Ukraine
AU - Korosteleva-Polglase, Elena
N1 - Korosteleva-Polglase, Elena, 'The Quality of Democracy in Belarus and Ukraine', The Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, (2004) 20 (1), pp. 122-142(21)
Special Issue: The Quality of Democracy in Post-Communist Europe
RAE2008
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - A re-examination of the role of agency suggests that although the endurance and the lawful functioning of democratic systems do matter, what appears to be of greater importance is the citizens' 'enlightened understanding' of the workings of democracy, without which the progress towards good governance and full partnership between the rulers and the ruled cannot be achieved. There is an existing gulf between people's acceptance of the 'institutional' forms of democracy and their 'emotional' loyalty to the past legacies in Belarus and Ukraine. As a result, these regimes can be defined as cases of demagogical democracy, associated with mass approval and reliance on the personalized power of a demagogue who governs by decree and seeks legitimation directly from the electorate.
AB - A re-examination of the role of agency suggests that although the endurance and the lawful functioning of democratic systems do matter, what appears to be of greater importance is the citizens' 'enlightened understanding' of the workings of democracy, without which the progress towards good governance and full partnership between the rulers and the ruled cannot be achieved. There is an existing gulf between people's acceptance of the 'institutional' forms of democracy and their 'emotional' loyalty to the past legacies in Belarus and Ukraine. As a result, these regimes can be defined as cases of demagogical democracy, associated with mass approval and reliance on the personalized power of a demagogue who governs by decree and seeks legitimation directly from the electorate.
U2 - 10.1080/13523270410001687136
DO - 10.1080/13523270410001687136
M3 - Special Issue
SN - 1352-3279
VL - 20
SP - 122
EP - 142
JO - Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics
JF - Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics
IS - 1
ER -
