Intro -- DEMOCRATIZATION IN UKRAINE, GEORGIA, AND BELARUS: SUCCESS, STAGNATION, AND CONTEXT -- DEMOCRATIZATION IN UKRAINE, GEORGIA, AND BELARUS: SUCCESS, STAGNATION, AND CONTEXT -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: DEMOCRATIZATION AND INSTABILITY IN UKRAINE, GEORGIA, AND BELARUS -- FOREWORD -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- DEMOCRATIZATION/POLITICAL STABILITY/ SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT -- DEMOCRATIZATION IN NUMBERS -- POLITICAL CULTURE AS AN IDENTITY CONSTRUCT -- THREE HISTORICAL NARRATIVES -- CAN DEMOCRACY LEAD TO POLITICAL STABILITY? -- POLITICAL CULTURE MATTERS -- DEMOCRATIZATION THROUGH "REGIME MIMICRY" -- "INPUTS" VERSUS "OUTPUTS" -- POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES -- CONCLUSION -- ANNEX 1. QUESTIONNAIRE -- Chapter 2: UKRAINE: CURRENT ISSUES AND U.S. POLICY -- SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND -- CURRENT POLITICAL SITUATION -- CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION -- UKRAINE'S FOREIGN POLICY -- U.S. POLICY -- Chapter 3: GEORGIA'S OCTOBER 2013 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: OUTCOME AND IMPLICATIONS -- SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND -- THE ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN -- RESULTS AND ASSESSMENTS -- IMPLICATIONS FOR GEORGIA -- IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. INTERESTS -- Chapter 4: GEORGIA [REPUBLIC]: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND U.S. INTERESTS -- SUMMARY -- POLITICAL BACKGROUND -- ECONOMIC CONDITIONS -- FOREIGN POLICY AND DEFENSE -- U.S. RELATIONS -- Chapter 5: BELARUS: BACKGROUND AND U.S. POLICY CONCERNS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION -- RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA -- RELATIONS WITH NATO AND THE EUROPEAN UNION -- U.S. POLICY -- INDEX.

Nations democratize at a different pace: Some achieve high governance standards, lasting political stability, and robust economies; others are lingering in their desires to look and act like their democratic counterparts. While no country strictly follows similar patterns of democratic institutionalization, there is a variable that defines the rate of success of their efforts: their political culture. This book discusses the democratization in Ukraine, Georgia, and Belarus.

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