The Ukrainian Voter: Electoral Behavior in a New Democracy
Journal: D-Scholarship@Pitt (University of Pittsburgh)
Year: 2011

The “normalization” of politics in new democracies is an important concern of political science research. Normalization could refer to democratic consolidation when democracy “becomes the only game in town” (Linz and Stepan 1996). Some of the factors contributing to normalization are stable institutions, the rule of law, and transparency in power transfer, among others. Yet, it can be argued that the democratic process is normalized when programmatic parties compete for political office by wooin