Post-Soviet Political Transformation in Azerbaijan: Political Elite, Civil Society and The Trials of Democratization
ULUSLARARASI ILISKILER-INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, vol.7, no.26, pp.67-85, 2010 (SSCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 7 Issue: 26
- Publication Date: 2010
- Journal Name: ULUSLARARASI ILISKILER-INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.67-85
- Keywords: Azerbaijan, Political Transformation, Democratization, Political Elite, Civil Society
- Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
'The aim of this article is to analyze the process of post-Soviet transformation in Azerbaijan while focusing on the process of democratization, peculiarities of the leadership and political elite, success and failure in electoral politics, and development of civil society. I argue that the politics of the post-independence period was shaped by the conflicting co-existence of patterns of continuity and change which determined the path of political transformation in Azerbaijan.