The study of Social – Historical Context of Democratization in Republic of azerbaijan

Pouresmaeel Koulankouh, Sadegh (2017) The study of Social – Historical Context of Democratization in Republic of azerbaijan. Masters thesis, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili.

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Abstract

Democratization can be viewed as the lowest degree form of political development, which is one of the important topics in the field of political sociology. The transition to democracy is the fundamental process of regime change, and involves the collapse of the authoritarian regime and the formation of a democratic system. This transition and change may be made by the political elites, the lower classes, or under the influence of forces, external factors and conditions. From the second half of the twentieth century, significant advances have been perceived in the after establishment of democracy. The Republic of Azerbaijan, as one of the independed states of the post-Soviet era, has been more or less take a steps, but faced with numerous impediments in the transition to democracy. The basic question of the preliminary research is that the Republic of Azerbaijan, as one of the South Caucasian countries, faced what problems and obstacles in the transition to democracy? The research hypothesis and possible answer is that the monopoly of power in the Aliyev’s family is the main reason for not establishing a democratic government in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The barriers to democratization in this country are divided into two categories of internal barriers and foreign barriers. In the domestic dimension, long-term barriers such as tribal and tribal structures, tyranny, rentier state, subsequent political culture, failure in nation- state building, the absence of a strong civil society and short-term barriers such as unity of the elites and the lack of alliance of dissent The manipulation of elections, and the use of violence against opponents, wich difficult democratization. In the external dimension, the war on Qarabagh, the relationship with the autocratic regime, and the lack of sanctions and external pressures are major obstacles to the transition to democracy in this country. The method used in this research is descriptive and analytical

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