Post-Soviet Political Transformation in Azerbaijan: Political Elite, Civil Society and The Trials of Democratization

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyze the process of post-Soviet transformation in Azerbaijan while focusing on the process of democratization, peculiarities of the leadership and political elite, success and failure in electoral politics, and development of civil society. I argue that the politics of the post-independence period was shaped by the conflicting co-existence of patterns of continuity and change which determined the path of political transformation in Azerbaijan.

Keywords

Azerbaijan, Political Transformation, Democratization, Political Elite, Civil Society

Citation

Ergun, Ayça, “Post-Soviet Political Transformation in Azerbaijan: Political Elite, Civil Society and the Trials of Democratization”, International Relations, Volume 7, No 26 (Summer 2010), p. 67-85.

Affiliations

• Ayça Ergun, Assistant Professor, Middle East Technical University, Department of Sociology