Evolution of parliamentarism in Azerbaijan: from the 20th century to the present
Keywords:
parliamentarism, legislative power, mediation democracy, power of the people.
Abstract
The study aims to examine information about the first Azerbaijani Parliament, its activities, composition, and the measures it implemented in practice during the period of its existence. In order to achieve its aim and objectives, the study used the methods of analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, as well as historical and comparative methods. The main conclusion of the study is the substantiation of the position that the people of Azerbaijan, which regained its independence, used the rich traditions of the short-term activities of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and, on this historical continuity, created a national and people's republic, the sovereign state of Azerbaijan. The author also argues that the Parliament established during this period played a major role in the formation of the statehood based on democratic principles since 1918–1920 was a period of formation of the political consciousness of the Azerbaijani people, a high level of formation and activity of the processes of national identity of the Azerbaijani people. This study is one of the first to examine the origins of the practice of parliamentarism in Azerbaijan in the early twentieth century and its peculiarities.
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Kiss, R., & Sebők, M. (2022). Creating an enhanced infrastructure of parliamentary archives for better democratic transparency and legislative research: Report on the OPTED forum in the European Parliament (Brussels, Belgium, 15 June 2022). International Journal of Parliamentary Studies, 2(2), 278-284. https://doi.org/10.1163/26668912-bja10053
Mineur, D. (2020). Theories of parliamentarism, philosophies of democracy. In C. Benoit & O. Rozenberg (Eds.), Handbook of parliamentary studies: Interdisciplinary approaches to legislatures (pp. 86-101). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Malikli, N. (2020). The election process of the regional representatives to the parliament of the democratic republic of Azerbaijan. Scientific Journal "Regional Studies", (20), 38-50. https://doi.org/10.32782/2663-6170/2020.20.7
Motos, C. R. (2019). Deliberation in parliaments: a review of the empirical, rhetorical and systemic approaches. Revista de Sociologia e Política, 27(72), Article e007. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-987319277207
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Palieieva, Y. S., Bocharova, N. V., & Todoroshko, T. A. (2022). Information and analytical resources on the development of modern parliamentarism. Analytical and Comparative Jurisprudence, (2), 40-43. https://doi.org/10.24144/2788-6018.2022.02.7
Palonen, K. (2020). Aspects of a conceptual history of parliamentary politics. In C. Benoit & O. Rozenberg (Eds.), Handbook of parliamentary studies: Interdisciplinary approaches to legislatures (pp. 67-85). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Plassart, A. (2021). Parliamentarism: From Burke to Weber. European Journal of Political Theory, 21(4), 836-846. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474885120937574
Rahimli, M. (2021). Democratization/dedemocratization of political institutions in Azerbaijan. The Journal of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Issues of Political Science, 39, 123-134. https://doi.org/10.26565/2220-8089-2021-39-16
Rasizade, A. (2003). Azerbaijan in transition to the “New Age of Democracy”. Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 36(3), 345-372. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0967-067x(03)00043-6
Sablin, I. (2020). Parliaments and parliamentarism in the works of Soviet dissidents, 1960s–80s. Parliaments, Estates and Representation, 40(1), 78-96. https://doi.org/10.1080/02606755.2019.1615672
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2023-12-30
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Gadimaliyev, A. R. (2023). Evolution of parliamentarism in Azerbaijan: from the 20th century to the present. Amazonia Investiga, 12(72), 205-215. https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2023.72.12.18
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