State-Building, Rule of Law, Good Governance and Human Rights in Post-Soviet Space: Thirty Years Looking Back

ISBN-13: 9781032055381 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 190 str.

Lucia Leontiev; Punsara Amarasinghe

Opis

This edited book analyses the issues of state-building, the rule of law and good governance, and human rights in the post-Soviet space after 30 years from the USSR dissolution.

Spis treści

1. Soviet Union Dissolution and 30 Years of Independence: Introduction and Perspective  Part 1: State-building Process in the Aftermath of Soviet Union Dissolution: The Challenges of Democratic Statehood Building with a memory and a legacy  2. The Four Stages of State Rebuilding in the Baltic States Since 1990  3. Dynamics of the Democratic Process in the Republic of Belarus in the post-Soviet Period  4. Evolution of Governance in the Kyrgyz Republic: Thirty Years in Transition  Part 2: Rule of Law and Good Governance in post-Soviet Space: Challenges and Opportunities  5. Democratization and Political Transformation in Georgia: Cutting the Soviet Union Ties  6. Rule of Law in Moldova: Illusion or Reality?  7. Rule of Law and Good Governance in Armenia: On the Law and Praxis  Part 3: On the Law and Practice of Human Rights in the post-Soviet Space: Progress and Discontents  8. Soviet Union’s Legacy in Laws, Institutions and Practice of Human Rights in the Republic of Azerbaijan  9. Post-Socialist Perception of Human Rights in Russia  10. Human Rights in the Post-Soviet Central Asia  11. A Union or, rather, a Dis-Union of Nations? Legacies of Soviet ‘nationality policies’ and their influence on law and practice in the post-Soviet states  12. Three decades of EU’s human rights promotion in post–Soviet countries: Success story or wasted effort?