The dynamics of political regime in modern Ukraine: empirical dimension

Abstract

The article elucidates institutional components of political regime in Ukraine that determine the state’s failures or success in the course of systemic democratization. Political and civil levels of political regime transformation are being contemplated taking into consideration the methodological basis and data of Freedom House (Nations in Transit) and Bertelsmann Fund. Substantial attention has been paid to dynamic indicators of political regime in Ukraine as based on empirical markers, particular time framework as well as characteristic features of social and political condition.

Keywords

• Ukraine
• political regime
• political regime dynamics
• empirical research
• democratization markers
• Freedom House
• Nations in Transit
• Bertelsmann Fund