Abstract

s. On the basis of forty five days field survey as well as extensive survey of literature regarding political culture and democratization process in Russia this paper makes positive case for Russian democratization process, simultaneously this paper is also of the view that the simplistic account of Russian culture can neither help to understand the kind of political culture present in Russia nor its impact on Russian democratization process in particular and prospect of democracy in Russia in general.

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  • СРАВНИТЕЛЬНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ КОНЦЕПЦИЙ И ИНСТИТУТОВ make the any form of polity (I.e. democ- “Russians are frequently described as the racy, authoritarian, dictatorship, monar- enablers of their own autocracy” (Haley chy or aristocracy)

  • Scholars of “Kremlinology” are finding it difficult to theorise the sudden emergence of democracy and its form which is quite different from Western countries in the light of above mention theories

  • Make the any form of polity (I.e. democ- “Russians are frequently described as the racy, authoritarian, dictatorship, monar- enablers of their own autocracy” (Haley chy or aristocracy)

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Summary

POLITICAL CULTURE AND DEMOCRATIZATION IN RUSSIA

Causes of democratization and its sustenance (or how it would sustain) has been primary focus area for students and intellectuals of politics science since long (probably from the time of Aristotle)[1]. The simple reason for Russia’s not The basic problem here is to tag one culhaving democracy is because of Russia’s ture is with one political system For these scholars Russian peo- ualistic and liberal while other culture ple did not have experience of democratic government. Ture which is trying to implement its own model of democracy “Sovereign democracy” in order to prevent any foreign power to intervene in Russia’s internal affairs in the name of democratic promotion as had been done in the initial years of its disintegration (Klitsounova, 2009) as well as putting many thing in place to have successful democracy in future It can be consider as “transition”, “transformation” age for Russia.

Политическая культура и демократизация в России
Political Culture and Democratization in Russia
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