Makten och Maskineriet - Hur Ryssland legitimerar sin regim
(2024) STVA23 20241Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This study examines in what way autocratic regimes build legitimacy through elections, the judiciary, the legislative and the media. Institutions that in an autocratic regime play a vastly different role than in democracies. Through a case study of Russia, the research highlights how the role of these institutions has changed since the fall of the Soviet Union until today. The findings indicate in what way the institutions strengthen the regime's legitimacy within Russia. The study draws a conclusion that the Russian regime has over time drifted away from their previous regime typology, competitive autocracy, to reaching levels of full-scale autocracy. Leaving behind any attempt of democratization. Future research should explore the impact... (More)
- This study examines in what way autocratic regimes build legitimacy through elections, the judiciary, the legislative and the media. Institutions that in an autocratic regime play a vastly different role than in democracies. Through a case study of Russia, the research highlights how the role of these institutions has changed since the fall of the Soviet Union until today. The findings indicate in what way the institutions strengthen the regime's legitimacy within Russia. The study draws a conclusion that the Russian regime has over time drifted away from their previous regime typology, competitive autocracy, to reaching levels of full-scale autocracy. Leaving behind any attempt of democratization. Future research should explore the impact of other institutions' role in building legitimacy as well as what may happen to Russia in the future. (Less)
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- author
- Johansson, Sara LU and Karlsson, Klas LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVA23 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
- subject
- keywords
- Legitimacy, Autocracy, Competitive Authorianism, Elections, Judiciary, Legislative, Media
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9153729
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- 2024-10-01 11:37:21
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@misc{9153729, abstract = {{This study examines in what way autocratic regimes build legitimacy through elections, the judiciary, the legislative and the media. Institutions that in an autocratic regime play a vastly different role than in democracies. Through a case study of Russia, the research highlights how the role of these institutions has changed since the fall of the Soviet Union until today. The findings indicate in what way the institutions strengthen the regime's legitimacy within Russia. The study draws a conclusion that the Russian regime has over time drifted away from their previous regime typology, competitive autocracy, to reaching levels of full-scale autocracy. Leaving behind any attempt of democratization. Future research should explore the impact of other institutions' role in building legitimacy as well as what may happen to Russia in the future.}}, author = {{Johansson, Sara and Karlsson, Klas}}, language = {{swe}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Makten och Maskineriet - Hur Ryssland legitimerar sin regim}}, year = {{2024}}, }