The Post-Soviet as Post-Colonial: A New Paradigm for Understanding Constitutional Dynamics in the Former Soviet Empire (Elgar Monographs in Constitutional and Administrative Law)

Partlett, William,Küpper, Herbert

ISBN 10: 1802209433 / ISBN 13: 9781802209433

Published by Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Post-Soviet as Post-Colonial: A New Paradigm for Understanding Constitutional Dynamics in the Former Soviet Empire (Elgar Monographs in Constitutional and Administrative Law)
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1802209433
• ISBN 13: 9781802209433
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This book takes a new approach to post-socialist constitutional change in Europe and Eurasia. It views these constitutions as the products of the collapse of Europe’s last empire, the Soviet Union. This book therefore seeks to understand these constitutions as more than just post-authoritarian texts, but also as post-colonial ones.

This post-colonial paradigm provides a new set of tools for understanding constitutional dynamics in key countries within the European Union as well as the former Soviet republics to the East. In particular, it helps explain democratic backsliding in Central Europe (such as Hungary and Poland), authoritarian resilience in many of the former Soviet republics (including Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan) as well as ongoing struggles about national identity in places like Ukraine and Moldova.

Partlett and Küpper’s application of the post-colonial paradigm to the former Soviet world contributes to our understanding of post-colonial constitutionalism. This insightful book therefore appeals to the comparative constitutional academic community as well as the broader academic community interested in post-colonialism. It will also be of interest to a general audience interested in better understanding the former socialist bloc countries.

About the Author

William Partlett, Associate Professor of Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia and Herbert Küpper, Managing Director, Institute for East European Law, Research Centre for Eastern and South Eastern Europe, Regensburg, Germany