The Eluding Dreams : Ukraine and the crisis of democratic participation
(2023) In Ideology and Politics Journal 23(1). p.35-56- Abstract
This study focuses on the democratic development of Ukraine. Unlike most works devoted to this topic, the Ukrainian case is considered in the context of European (and global) political processes related to the crisis of democracy. This study also emphasizes the dynamics of Ukrainian democratic development. The comparative analysis of longitudinal studies of the level of democracy in Ukraine has demonstrated that an increase in crisis trends in democratic development followed the period of significant improvement in the situation with ensuring the rights and freedoms of citizens to political participation. The manifestation of these crisis trends is the continuing high volatility of Ukrainian voters and the growth of absenteeism, as well... (More)
This study focuses on the democratic development of Ukraine. Unlike most works devoted to this topic, the Ukrainian case is considered in the context of European (and global) political processes related to the crisis of democracy. This study also emphasizes the dynamics of Ukrainian democratic development. The comparative analysis of longitudinal studies of the level of democracy in Ukraine has demonstrated that an increase in crisis trends in democratic development followed the period of significant improvement in the situation with ensuring the rights and freedoms of citizens to political participation. The manifestation of these crisis trends is the continuing high volatility of Ukrainian voters and the growth of absenteeism, as well as the search by citizens for non-institutional ways to influence the authorities. As argued in the article, the current crisis of democracy, the third time in a hundred years, is associated with the alienation of citizens from political decision-making and restrictions on the pluralism of opinions. This crisis is a consequence of the internal problems of the democratic model, which was formed in the second half of the 1970s under the influence of neoliberal politics and widespread skepticism about the effectiveness of majoritarian institutions in political governance. The post-Soviet states such as Ukraine have been integrated into global economic and political processes. On one hand, this integration has provided a powerful impetus to the democratic development of its political institutions. However, the democratic development was influenced by the same negative factors that had an impact on the political institutions of liberal democratic states.
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- Kiryukhin, Denys LU
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- crisis, democracy, democratization, political participation, Ukraine
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- Ideology and Politics Journal
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- 23
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- 22 pages
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- Foundation for Good Politics
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- 2227-6068
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- 10.36169/2227-6068.2023.01.00002
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