Power-sharing in the Ukrainian executive authorities

Authors

  • U. Movchan

Keywords:

majoritarian democracy, consociational democracy, power-sharing, divided society, political system

Abstract

The article is considered the main theories of government in plural society. It has been shown that Lijphart’s consociational democracy is the optimal model of democracy for Ukraine. Also the article is analyzed the shortcomings of Ukrainian political system. Democracy’s indexes show that the presence of two main parties inside the Cabinet of Ministers is favorable for democracy.

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Vol. 27 No. 1132 (2014): Issues of Political Science

Section

THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DEMOCRACY

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Power-sharing in the Ukrainian executive authorities. (2015). The Journal of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Series "Issues of Political Science", 27(1132), 25-30. https://periodicals.karazin.ua/politology/article/view/1331

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