Minority rights and democracy: The transitions of post-Soviet Russia, Ukraine and Lithuania

This study examines the broad problem of democratic governance of multiethnic societies by focusing on three post-Soviet states--Russia, Ukraine and Lithuania. In particular, it explores how the three states are attempting to deal with the national question as they seek to institutionalize democracy. The building of democracy--even if considered only in the sphere of minority rights--is a dynamic process. It involves bargaining by political actors and the complex interaction among state policy, societal actors, and domestic and foreign influences. By examining the states' conceptions of nationalities policy, the mechanisms they are enacting to involve minorities in politics, and the nationalities' political activism, this study spotlights the dynamic process of defining and negotiating minority rights. In short, it asks, first, whether--and to what degree--the post-Soviet states are meeting the requisites of democracy in multiethnic societies and, second, how they are accomplishing these.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Political Science

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Resler, Tamara Jane

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kanet, Roger E.

• Political Science, General
• Political Science, International Law and Relations

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1995 Resler, Tamara Jane

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9522164
(UMI)AAI9522164

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19141