ISBN:
9780691175591
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9780691175584
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 336 Seiten
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Series Statement:
Princeton studies in political behavior
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Pop-Eleches, Grigore Communism's Shadow
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Pop-Eleches, Grigore Communism's shadow
DDC:
306.0947
Keywords:
Post-communism
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Post-communism Europe, Eastern
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Post-communism
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Osteuropa
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Sozialismus
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Auswirkung
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Politische Einstellung
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Postkommunismus
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Kommunismus
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Politische Wissenschaft
Abstract:
Communism's shadow -- Living through communism -- Methods and data -- Democracy -- Markets -- Social welfare -- Gender equality -- Temporal resilience and change -- Legacies and communism
Abstract:
It has long been assumed that the historical legacy of Soviet Communism would have an important effect on post-communist states. However, prior research has focused primarily on the institutional legacy of communism. "Communism's Shadow" instead turns the focus to the individuals who inhabit post-communist countries, presenting a rigorous assessment of the legacy of communism on political attitudes. Post-communist citizens hold political, economic, and social opinions that consistently differ from individuals in other countries. Grigore Pop-Eleches and Joshua Tucker introduce two distinct frameworks to explain these differences, the first of which focuses on the effects of living in a post-communist country, and the second on living through communism. Drawing on large-scale research encompassing post-communist states and other countries around the globe, the authors demonstrate that living through communism has a clear, consistent influence on why citizens in post-communist countries are, on average, less supportive of democracy and markets and more supportive of state-provided social welfare. The longer citizens have lived through communism, especially as adults, the greater their support for beliefs associated with communist ideology--the one exception being opinions regarding gender equality.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 313-331. - Register
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Communism's shadow
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Living through communism
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Methods and data
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Democracy
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Markets
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Social welfare
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Gender equality
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Temporal resilience and change
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Legacies and communism
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