This dissertation examines the links between electoral reform and political party system development in new democracies where iterated reforms are increasingly common, requiring an understanding of their causes and short-term consequences. It examines this relationship in detail…
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The study explored when, under what conditions, and to what extent did European integration, particularly the European Union’s requirement for democratic conditionality, contribute to democratic consolidation in Spain, Poland, and Turkey? On the basis of a four-part definition, …
Literature on media convergence clearly shows that the integration of traditional and new media has tremendous impact on freedom of expression, information gathering, packaging, and dissemination in advanced democracies. However, little is known about the potential impact of med…
Democracy is a complex concept; it means different things to different people, and is often embraced by non-democratic regimes because of its positive connotations; this is why, despite worldwide public opinion surveys show growing support for democracy, there are frequent conce…
Bosnia has three main political parties. Their perennial electoral success ensures that Bosnian politics are dominated by ethno-nationalist interests, which are antithetical to the liberal democratic Bosnia to which the European Union hopes to give membership someday. Bosnians a…
In Today’s world, we have been witnessed several terrorist events originating from ethnic conflicts. Millions of people have been killed and displaced because of violent ethnic conflicts. In order to deal with ethnic violence, countries employ various policy interventions from h…
The objective of this study is to evaluate claims made by some scholars that there is a significant correlation between certain cultural norms of a given society and that society's propensity towards democratic governance. I will attempt to show that this is in fact a viable, th…
This investigation focuses on two competing theories (historical institutionalism and social constructivism) and their explanatory value in regards to female political representation in Kazakhstan. Historical Institutionalism maintains that current institutional dynamics are con…
The nation-state’s struggle with liberal individualism on the one hand and the recognition of group rights on the other is well documented in the literatures on constitutionalism, constitution-making, comparative politics and racial/ethnic relations. However, the manner in which…
In contrasting the political trajectories of two post-Soviet Central Asian states this study addresses one of the defining questions of political science: what factors shape regime change? Despite their shared seven decades of Soviet rule, Kazakhstan has, since communism's colla…
This study attempts to identify and characterize capital development in Indonesia. Specifically, why, after three decades of capital expansion and infusion of massive financial resources into the economy, has the emergence of an open political system and a democratic regime rema…
My dissertation focuses on the activities of the human rights organization LBH (Lembaga Bantuan Hukum, the Legal Aid Institute) in Indonesia as a case study to assess its role in the rise of civil society, and possibly democratization. I argue that the academic foci on democrati…
This dissertation examines the divergent outcomes of transition from authoritarianism in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The former has emerged as the most democratic of the Central Asian republics, while the latter has reverted to authoritarianism. The study modifies conventional el…
This study seeks to shed light on the contribution of civil society groups to national efforts to promote democracy in authoritarian states, based on analysis of the experience of such groups in Nigeria during the 1990s. I offer a more precise understanding of the contribution o…
This dissertation analyzes the role of the security-intelligence community in Croatia's democratization process. This analysis posits that democratization can be seen best by looking at how newly democratizing states function in secret and outside of the public view. The role of…
This dissertation proposed and tested a five-dimensional theoretical framework to explain the variations in Internet use across the post-communist countries. The framework included economic, political climate and policy, technology/infrastructure, cultural, and audience factors.…
This thesis treats the evolution of institutions of governance and the process of economic development as interdependent. Economic freedom and political freedom, as two major aspects of the governance systems, are explicitly differentiated. Their distinctive impacts on economic …
This dissertation examines the relationship between violent mass mobilization, elite response, and democratization in Indonesia from 1997–2000. It argues that violent mass mobilization was a necessary condition for a successful transition to democracy because of the absence of a…
This study investigated the historical development of education in Igboland of Nigeria and ways for its democratization. It critically examined the roles played by the colonial government and the Christian Missionaries in the establishment of schools in Igboland. The study went …