State-Building, Rule of Law, Good Governance and Human Rights in Post-Soviet Space

Thirty Years Looking Back
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-05545-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 319 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Human Rights

This edited book analyses the issues of state-building, the rule of law and good governance, and human rights in the post-Soviet space after 30 years from the USSR dissolution.

In doing so, it assesses the presence (or absence) and the level of influence of the Soviet legacies in the constructed political and legal systems of the post-Soviet republics. Assessing whether individual’s interests are protected in theory and practice, the book conceptualizes the legacies that the Soviet Union left in the post-Soviet space after 30 years of disintegration.

This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of human rights, governance, democratization studies, post-Soviet and Russia studies, and more widely to comparative politics, political economy, humanitarian studies and political history.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leontiev, Lucia

Amarasinghe, Punsara

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Soviet Union Dissolution and 30 Years of Independence: Introduction and Perspective Part 1: State-building Process in the Aftermath of Soviet Union Dissolution: The Challenges of Democratic Statehood Building with a memory and a legacy 2. The Four Stages of State Rebuilding in the Baltic States Since 1990 3. Dynamics of the Democratic Process in the Republic of Belarus in the post-Soviet Period 4. Evolution of Governance in the Kyrgyz Republic: Thirty Years in Transition Part 2: Rule of Law and Good Governance in post-Soviet Space: Challenges and Opportunities 5. Democratization and Political Transformation in Georgia: Cutting the Soviet Union Ties 6. Rule of Law in Moldova: Illusion or Reality? 7. Rule of Law and Good Governance in Armenia: On the Law and Praxis Part 3: On the Law and Practice of Human Rights in the post-Soviet Space: Progress and Discontents 8. Soviet Union’s Legacy in Laws, Institutions and Practice of Human Rights in the Republic of Azerbaijan 9. Post-Socialist Perception of Human Rights in Russia 10. Human Rights in the Post-Soviet Central Asia 11. A Union or, rather, a Dis-Union of Nations? Legacies of Soviet ‘nationality policies’ and their influence on law and practice in the post-Soviet states 12. Three decades of EU’s human rights promotion in post–Soviet countries: Success story or wasted effort?

Über Autor(innen)

Lucia Leontiev is a PhD candidate at Institute of Law, Politics and Development of Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa, Italy and Maastricht University, The Netherlands.

Punsara Amarasinghe is a PhD researcher at Institute of Law, Politics and Development at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa, Italy.