ISBN:
9780691192192
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9780691192185
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 276 Seiten
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Diagramme
Series Statement:
Princeton studies in political behavior
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Rosenfeld, Bryn, 1981 - The Autocratic Middle Class
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Rosenfeld, Bryn, 1981 - The autocratic middle class
DDC:
306.20947
Keywords:
Civil service Case studies Political activity
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Middle class Case studies Political activity
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Authoritarianism
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Democracy
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Democratization
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Former communist countries Economic conditions
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Former communist countries Politics and government
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Russland
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Ukraine
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Kasachstan
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Postkommunismus
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Autoritärer Staat
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Mittelstand
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Politische Betätigung
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Demokratisierung
Abstract:
Conventional wisdom holds that the rising middle classes are a force for democracy. Yet in post-Soviet countries like Russia, where the middle class has grown rapidly, authoritarianism is deepening. Challenging a basic tenet of democratization theory, Bryn Rosenfeld shows how the middle classes can actually be a source of support for autocracy and authoritarian resilience, and reveals why development and economic growth do not necessarily lead to greater democracy. In pursuit of development, authoritarian states often employ large swaths of the middle class in state administration, the government budget sector, and state enterprises. Drawing on attitudinal surveys, unique data on protest behavior, and extensive fieldwork in the post-Soviet region, Rosenfeld documents how the failure of the middle class to gain economic autonomy from the state stymies support for political change, and how state economic engagement reduces middle-class demands for democracy and weakens prodemocratic coalitions.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 251-268
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Index: Seite 269-276
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The autocratic middle class
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State dependency and middle-class demand for democracy
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The post-communist middle classes, the state, and democratization
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Rethinking the middle-class protest paradigm
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Choosing to work for the state
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Revolution, democratic retrenchment, and the middle class
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Aligning the middle class with autocracy: rhetoric and practice
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