Post-Soviet constitutions: Do only institutions matter?
Abstract
The article analyzes post-Soviet institutional design. Legislative and nonlegislative presidential powers, the perils of post-Soviet presidentialism and strategies of institutional change. The article concludes that societal transformations lags behind the institutionalization and what matters is the political will and cooperation between actors within the framework of existing institutions.
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