Democratization Falters in Azerbaijan

Issue Date April 2001
Volume 12
Issue 2
Page Numbers 118-131
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The November 2000 parliamentary elections, expected to be a step forward for democracy, instead turned into a major setback, casting doubt on the country’s future stability.

About the Author

Svante E. Cornell, a lecturer in peace and conflict research and East European studies at Uppsala University in Sweden, is the author of Small Nations and Great Powers: A Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict in the Caucasus (1999). He participated in the National Democratic Institute’s observer mission to Azerbaijan’s November 2000 parliamentary elections.

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