Workshop ‘Political Instability in Authoritarian and Semi- Authoritarian Regimes, University of Murcia, Spain, September 7-9, 2011

Call for Papers

Workshop `Political Instability in Authoritarian and Semi- Authoritarian Regimes in Eurasia 20 years after the Disintegration of the USSR and Yugoslavia' in the X AECPA CONGRESS 

September 7-9, 2011
The University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.

Eurasianet.es is accepting paper proposals for the workshop `Political Instability in Authoritarian and Semi- Authoritarian Regimes in Eurasia 20 years after the Disintegration of the USSR and Yugoslavia' within the X AECPA CONGRESS (Spanish Association of Political Science). The event will be held at the University of Murcia. 

This panel aims at examining the nature of the authoritarian and semi-authoritarian regimes that emerged from the disintegration of the USSR and Yugoslavia in 1991. Having transitioned to democratic systems in the beginning, the countries in the Balkans, the Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Russian Federation and Central Asia have been prone to experience severe political instability crises. Although departing from similar structural conditions post-communist regimes in Eurasia diverged into very different directions, democracy succeeding in a few cases only twenty years later.

What factors can explain the overturn of the 1991 bet for liberal democracy in some of these countries? Or, conversely, what factors explain the consolidation of semi-authoritarian regimes? Can the persistence of institutional legacies -i.e. patrimonial communism- explain the inefficiency of the democratic path? Or, does it have more to do with the elite's lack of commitment to democracy? What role has civil society played in sustaining or rejecting these regimes? Or, to what extent are political dynamics dependent upon US-Russian Federation relations?

Practitioners and scholars in social science disciplines are encouraged to participate.

The working languages are: English and Spanish and the deadline for submission of paper proposals: March 30, 2011

Timetable

30 March

Deadline for proposals

10 May

Publication of the composition of

workshops

15 June

Deadline for registration

30 July

Programme publication

30 July

Deadline for papers

7-9 September

Congress

PROPOSALS

- Spanish or English

- Abstract (300 words)

- 5 keywords

Registration Information

Please note that submission of a proposal and payment of registration fees may be made through the AECPA website, if you need any help please contact us and we will assist you. 

For complete details, please see the document attached (English) or check on the AECPA website (Spanish): http://www.aecpa.es/x-congreso--la-politica-en-la-red-/pages.14/

We hope you will be able to join us in Murcia.

Rubén Ruiz (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia)

Antonio Moneo Laín (London School of Economics and Political Science)

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