Consolidation Of Democracy In Post-Soviet Russia

interaction and fusion between politics and economics that characterized the state socialist system created

a situation that was unique for the successor states of the Soviet Union. The penetration of the

Communist regime into every facet of life left the Russian people with little democratic traditions. Russia

faces the seemingly impracticable task of economic liberalization and democratization. This is combined

with a necessity to answer nationalist and ethnic questions that have plagued Russia for centuries.

This paper addresses the problems of creating a stable democracy in Russia. The prospects for a stable

democracy in Russia are limited at best. I will outline some of the concerns that academics have in the

consolidation of Russian democracy. What is paramount to note is that a stable democracy must

adequately address what Ken Jowitt calls the “developmental trinity”: nation-building; capitalism and

democracy. The dilemma that is especially relevant to Russia it that these conditions are often

contradictory. The often messy business of politically reconstructing a nation defies tradition

democratization. There is a direct relationship between democratization and ethnic peace (Smitter 72). In

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