“UKRAINIAN” POLITICAL REGIME: A NEW CONCEPT FOR POSTWAR PRODEMOCRATIC HYBRID POLITICAL REGIME IN UKRAINE?
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https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8523-9829
Abstract
In Ukraine, the rule of law and the attributes of formal democracy have been formally realised. It can be argued that in a country with a weak democratic political culture, democratic institutions can function mainly as administrative instruments. In this sense, democracy in Ukraine is more of a method of public policy. The actions of Russia in Ukraine, which prove its imperialistic intentions, are leading to more populist democratic aspirations, and democratisation in Ukraine is a kind of consequence of external threats. Russian aggression is thus encouraging Ukraine's pro-Western aspirations to become a member of the democratic alliances of NATO and the EU. At the same time, the West demands evidence of democratisation - effective anti-corruption policies, economic reforms, control of the oligarchs, etc. In turn, such processes force the acceleration of internal reforms by removing both institutional (bureaucracy and centralisation) and factual (nepotism, corruption) obstacles. Although Ukraine is in a kind of 'grey', buffer zone, it is slowly moving towards democracy rather than authoritarianism and could be an unique example for other post-soviet states. The aim of this study is to theorise a 'Ukrainian' political regime by analysing the wartime development of democracy as a public policy in Ukraine.
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