SULTANISM AND SEMI-AUTHORITARIANISM IN POST-SOVIET AZERBAIJAN

Authors

  • K. F. Pashaieva Department of International Relations, Odessa Mechnikov National University, r.32, French Blvd., 24/26, Odessa, 65058., Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18524/2304-1439.2018.2(31).144303

Keywords:

Azerbaijan, hybrid regime, semi-authoritarianism, sultanism.

Abstract

The article is devoted to the research of hybrid political regime in post-Soviet Azerbaijan. The aim of the research is to apply a new conceptual framework, proposed by political scholar Farid Guliyev, combining concepts of sultanism and semi-authoritarianism. The research concludes that sultanistic semi-authoritarianism can be suitable model to study systemic political transformations of Azerbaijan at the beginning of XXI century.

Author Biography

K. F. Pashaieva, Department of International Relations, Odessa Mechnikov National University, r.32, French Blvd., 24/26, Odessa, 65058.

PhD Student (Political Science), Department of International Relations, Odessa Mechnikov National University.

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Published

2018-10-13

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POLITICAL INSTITUTES AND PROCESSES IN INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL CONTEXTS