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Demokratyzacja w Armenii w kontekście wyborów parlamentarnych i prezydenckich

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Nieczuja-Ostrowski P.

Studia Gdańskie. Wizje i rzeczywistość

2011

vol. 8

94-115

The article shows the democracy process in Armenia, based on the analysis of parliamentary and presidential elections from the transformation in the early 90’s of the 20th century until the present day. As an post-Soviet state, Armenia has been faced with numerous obstacle in this process, and subsequent elections in her territory are marked by numerous irregularities and diverges from the western democracy standards. The article shows the complexities of the situation of this state, especially the question of Nagorno-Karabakh. There is progress in the adaptation of the Armenian election law to international standards and yet there is a lack of public trust in the honest elections. In general, actions which undermine the democratic elections stem from the autocratic leadership style of Armenian authorities. The present regime in Armenia can be described as semi-democratic.

Ukraina jako przykład państwa „szarej strefy”

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Wawrzonek M.

Studia Politologica Ucraino-Polona

2016

vol. 6

209-216

The main goal of the article is to conceptualize a model of a state which would be adequate to the current situation in Ukraine. It seems that Russian aggression and the so called “anti-terrorist operation” allow us to observe a number of regularities which shed some light on what the Postsoviet Ukrainian state indeed is. It appears that a model of the state shaped in Ukraine is significantly inadequate to the patterns developed under the conditions of the West-European political culture. This issue was researched on the basis of two cases. The first was a case of the “forgotten” ammunition stored in Oktiabrsk harbor in Mykolaiv. It could be considered as an example of the inefficiency of the Ukrainian state. The second case concerns the provisioning of the volunteer battalion “Azov”. This one could be regarded as an example of the phenomenon of commercialization of state monopoly on the legitimate use of force. The analysis of these cases may lead to the conclusion that under post-Soviet circumstances an alternative model of the state arises. From the point of view of an “classical” (i.e. Weberian) approach, it could be named as “a state à rebours”.

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Demokratyzacja w Armenii w kontekście wyborów parlamentarnych i prezydenckich

Ukraina jako przykład państwa „szarej strefy”