Trajectories of regime transformations and types of state consistency

Melville A.Yu.,

Dr. Sci. (Phil.), Professor, Distinguished Scholar of Russia, Academic Supervisor and Dean, Faculty of Social Science, HSE University, amelville@hse.ru

elibrary_id: 251142 | ORCID: 0000-0002-1414-5783 | RESEARCHER_ID: B-1152-2014

Stukal D.K.,

PhD, Cand. Sci. (Polit. Sci.), Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, HSE University, denis.stukal@gmail.com

elibrary_id: 1096522 | ORCID: 0000-0001-6240-5714 | RESEARCHER_ID: ABA-3314-2020

Mironyuk M.G.,

Cand. Sci. (Polit. Sci.), Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, HSE University,, mmironyuk@hse.ru

elibrary_id: 251177 | ORCID: 0000-0002-8183-3084 | RESEARCHER_ID: K-9102-2015

Rubric: Theme of the issue: World politics in the epoch of changes. Problems and contradictions

For citation:

Melville A.Yu., Stukal D.K., Mironyuk M.G. Trajectories of regime transformations and types of state consistency . – Polis. Political Studies. 2012. No. 2

Abstract

The article highlights six typologically different trajectories of regime transformation, three types of state consistency and five types of its dynamics on the post-Soviet space which have been worked out with the use of statistic and qualitative comparative methods. As a result of analysis conclusions are drawn regarding specificity of regime transformations in post-Soviet countries.

Keywords

democracy; democratization; regime transformations; state solvency; integral index of democracy; cluster analysis; method of principal components.