The Phoenix of Power: The reconstruction of political authority following revolutionary regime change

近年来，虽然宪法起草会议和过渡时期司法委员会获得了大量的学术关注，但过渡时期委员会迄今没有受到大量的学术审查。这项研究希望有助于弥补这种文献的匮乏，并思考与过渡时期委员会有关的几个关键问题。为什么过渡委员会近年来成为一种突出的临时政府，如果有的话，它们与其他形式的临时政府有什么不同？为什么过渡委员会被民众和国际社会认为是合法的？为什么一些过渡委员会成功地组织了民主选举，而另一些则未能获得支持？将根据下文概述的定义，在更广泛的临时政府范围内，进行初步研究，以确定过渡委员会可能存在的案例。这项研究将利用所有案例进行定性分析，同时通过案例研究缩小过渡委员会的具体实例。典型案例研究包括：2009年马达加斯加高级过渡当局；2011年利比亚全国过渡委员会；2011年突尼斯实现革命、政治改革和民主过渡目标高级委员会(高级实例)；6-2011年叙利亚全国委员会(SNC)。这些案件因其不同的政治特征而被选中。这份名单包括无疑未能获得支持的过渡委员会，那些成功地引导本国进行民主选举的过渡委员会，以及那些被视为政府违宪更迭理由的幌子。主要调查模式将是定性的，利用对过渡委员会主要国家主角以及其他有关国家政治人物和国际外交官的半结构化访谈，了解围绕其国家相对于过渡委员会的立场的决策过程。

While constitution-drafting assemblies and transitional justice commissions have garnered significant academic attention in recent years, transitional councils have so-far escaped a great deal of academic scrutiny.This research hopes to contribute to remedying this dearth of literature, and to consider several key questions pertaining to transitional councils. Why have transitional councils emerged as a prominent type of provisional government in recent years and what, if anything, distinguishes them from other forms of provisional governments? Why are transitional councils accepted by the population and international community as legitimate? Why are some transitional councils successful in organising democratic elections, while others fail to gain traction?Initial research will be conducted to ascertain the universe of possible cases of transitional councils, based on the definition outlined below, within the broader universe of provisional governments.The research will conduct qualitative analysis drawing on the full spectrum of cases, while narrowing in on specific examples of transitional councils through case studies.Tentative case studies include the:2009 High Transitional Authority (HAT) of Madagascar;52011 National Transitional Council (NTC) of Libya;2011 High Commission for the Realisation of the Objectives of the Revolution, Political Reform and Democratic Transition in Tunisia (Haute Instance);6 - 2011 Syrian National Council (SNC).These cases have been selected for their varied political features. The list includes transitional councils which have undoubtedly failed to gain traction, those which have succeeded in shepherding their countries to democratic elections, and those which are seen as facades to justify unconstitutional changes of government.The primary mode of enquiry will be qualitative, making use of semi-structured interviews with the principal national protagonists in the transitional councils, as well as other relevant national political figures and international diplomats aware of the decision-making processes around their countries' positions vis-à-vis the transitional councils.