Political rule and violent conflict: Elections as ‘institutional mutation’ in Nagorno-Karabakh

Smolnik, Franziska

doi:10.1016/j.postcomstud.2012.03.002

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“…Against the backdrop of strong and longenduring secessionist forces in the de facto state of Nagorno-Karabakh (Kolstø and Blakkisrud, 2012;Smolnik, 2012), Azeri rulers have tried to foster Azeri nationalism, though to a lesser extent than in Armenia (Radnitz, 2012 (Hale, 2005). In post-Rose Revolution Georgia, nationalist elements were also a prominent aspect of government dis-…”

Section: Caucasusmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How Do Non-Democratic Regimes Claim Legitimacy? Comparative Insights from Post-Soviet Countries

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Grauvogel

2015

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. www.econstor.eu www.giga-hamburg.de/workingpapers GIGA Working Papers serve to disseminate the research results of work in progress prior to publicaton to encourage the exchange of ideas and academic debate. Inclusion of a paper in the Working Papers series does not constitute publication and should not limit publication in any other venue. Copyright remains with the authors. The analysis using the new Regime Legitimation Expert Survey (RLES) demonstrates that non-democratic rulers in post-Soviet countries use specific combinations of legitimating claims to stay in power. Most notably, rulers claim to be the guardians of citizens' socioeconomic well-being. Second, despite recurrent infringements on political and civil rights, they maintain that their power is rule-based and embodies the will of the people, as they have been given popular electoral mandates. Third, they couple these elements with inputbased legitimation strategies that focus on nationalist ideologies, the personal capabilities and charismatic aura of the rulers, and the regime's foundational myth. Overall, the reliance on these input-based strategies is lower in the western post-Soviet Eurasian countries and very pronounced among the authoritarian rulers of Central Asia. Terms of use: Documents in GIGA Research Programme: Legitimacy and Efficiency of Political Systems

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Section: Caucasusmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to Mansfield and Snyder (2005, p. (Kolstø and Blakkisrud, 2012;Smolnik, 2012). This was of particular relevance to Georgia's President Saakashvili when arguments over that country's two breakaway regions Abkhazia and South Ossetia escalated into a war with Russia.…”

Section: Adapting Legitimation Strategiesmentioning

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How Do Non-Democratic Regimes Claim Legitimacy? Comparative Insights from Post-Soviet Countries

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Grauvogel

2015

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“…In this region, the most important ethnic conflicts between Azeris and Armenians were occurred in the south of Caucasus, while Abkhazian and Georgian conflicts and also Chechens and Russian strife were occurred in the north of the Caucasus (Smolnik, 2012).…”

Section: Ethnic Nationalism In South Caucasusmentioning

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Regional and International Cooperation to Reduce Nagorno – Karabakh Conflict

Mortazavian¹,

Ghiacy²

2017

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Almost two decades since conflict broke out between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia, two northern neighbors of Iran, in Nagorno -Karabakh region. Although military conflict in this region has minimized with the existing ceasefire, and reaching a sustainable agreement is likely to be happened by the two parties. Close regional and international cooperation seems necessary more than ever in order to reduce conflict in NagornoKarabakh region. The main objective of this study is to give a thorough presentation of the regional and international cooperation in order to reduce Nagorno -Karabakh regional issues and hazards.Hereunder is the main question raised by the researcher: "To what extent regional and international cooperation is effective in reducing Nagorno -Karabakh conflict?"The hypothesis of the present study is that the interrelated nature of security in the international system and Caucasus region causes convergence among neighboring countries to reduce conflict in Caucasus and NagornoKarabakh regions. Taking advantage of the analytic -descriptive method and also benefiting from reliable and authentic sources, it can be concluded that the interdependence of threat will lead to the increased mutual costs in this study. This issue will cause formation of convergence in the Caucasus region, so that it will lead to the reduced conflict and tension in Nagorno -Karabakh region.

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“…Unlike the studies that analysed these states in the realm of international relations, students of political science started exploring the domestic politics of these states which proved If there is a relationship, it is positive. This is because these states see democratization as a means toward gaining the sympathy of the Western world and achieving recognition (Caspersen, 2008;Kolstø and Blakkisrud, 2012a;Smolnik, 2012;Voller, 2014). These scholars argue that we are observing gradual democratization in these states and when we assess the quality of democracy in these states; negative assessments arise mainly because we compare them to dissimilar states that score very high in quantitative indexes.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Resource Dependence, Exchange and Tutelary Democracy in Unrecognized States

Kanol

2014

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Political rule and violent conflict: Elections as ‘institutional mutation’ in Nagorno-Karabakh

Cited by 13 publications

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How Do Non-Democratic Regimes Claim Legitimacy? Comparative Insights from Post-Soviet Countries

How Do Non-Democratic Regimes Claim Legitimacy? Comparative Insights from Post-Soviet Countries

Regional and International Cooperation to Reduce Nagorno – Karabakh Conflict

Resource Dependence, Exchange and Tutelary Democracy in Unrecognized States

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