Transition from Communism to Democracy: A Case Study of Russia’s Democratic Transition

Transition from communism to democracy - Case of transition to democracy in Russia - Communism is a political system that has been used many times over and all property is public and people are According to the need and ability of. Many countries, such as Croatia and Russia, have used this political system since 1917, but are still in use today. Communism or more specific Marxist ideology is reflected in the book "Communist Party Declaration". Karl Marx, author of the Communist Party Declaration, said that "all social history to date is the history of class struggle." To speak of these class struggle eventually resulted in a big revolution.

In the 1990s American leaders and many others in the West thought that Russia is the most important test case for the transition to democracy. Today, the consensus of the Western scientific analysis concludes that this transition will not be successful if Russia is democratic. This paper attempts to draw out some major lessons about democratization from a comparative perspective in the post communist empirical study. The argument that the first national election after the collapse of the dictatorship regime showed a decisive breakthrough in democratization struggle was not the case in Russia. However, the shrinking democracy and the integration of a semi - authoritarian regime were made during Russia 's competitive election.

One of the main lessons from the Russian events in the early 1990s to the present is that it is not irreversible to change the form of authoritarian rule, often called transition to democracy. Some democratic transitions may prove superficial, and Russia 's change after communism provides a good example of a shallow transition. The academic literature on the transition to democracy that appeared in the early 1980s deviated from the early development of social, economic and cultural situations that emphasized the institutionalization of democracy in the political system. Russian experience may encourage us to review the long-term trend of promoting or curbing the development of democratic institutions.