Generational Differences in Russian Attitudes towards Democracy and the Economy

Hahn, Jeffrey W.; Logvinenko, Igor O.

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“…A decade before this, these veterans would have been living in an outright military dictatorship where the idea of a civilian newspaper insulting members of the military would have been unthinkable. While the Russian Federation remains an electoral democracy at the more authoritarian end of the spectrum, Hahn and Logvinenko (2008) find evidence that the younger generations have a more favourable attitude to democratic values and institutions than the generations that came of age politically during the Soviet period. How much this will result in reform of Russian institutions over the next few decades is difficult to predict.…”

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Governance, democracy and development

Tarverdi

Saha

Campbell

2019

Economic Analysis and Policy

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While it is obvious that the level of democracy will affect the quality of governance, we show that an electoral democracy should not be expected to have an improved level of governance when compared with an outright authoritarian regime. We use the term 'electoral democracy' to refer to where relatively free and fair elections are held (where opposition parties stand some chance of winning government) but the institutions of a liberal society (like freedom of the press) are not in place. Given this, we consider what level of democracy is necessary before we can expect it to have a positive effect upon governance. We employ a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to construct a new governance indicator. Using the data from over one hundred countries and advanced panel data analysis for the period 1996-2012, our results confirm that political freedom and civil rights influence the level of governance, but this effect is found to be nonlinear. Governance is typically higher in dictatorships than in countries that are partially democratized (electoral democracies). However, once past a threshold, democratic practices assist good governance. Furthermore, it is found that democracy substantially strengthens levels of governance only within the top-half of the conditional distribution.

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confidence: 89%

Governance, democracy and development

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Saha

Campbell

2019

Economic Analysis and Policy

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“…On the other hand, trust in the president (at that time Putin) was relatively high, around 70-75%, probably because most people looked to him to restore order. At any rate, 43% of the population agreed with the statement that 'our people always need a strong ruler', and a further 29% with the statement that 'There are situations (like now) when power should be concentrated in one person' (Shevtsova, 2007, 77;Gudkov, 2008, 30-38;Hahn, 2008Hahn, , 1356. 12 As I have said, total distrust is intolerable; hence it is understandable that, at a time when few people feel they can trust the institutions and persons with whom they interact regularly, they should look to a strong figure to personify an ideal of social order.…”

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Structures of Trust: Britain and Russia Compared

Hosking

2011

Comp Sociol

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This paper uses the concept of social trust to extend the 'institutional economics' of North and Olson, and more specifically Hedlund's 'path dependence' account of Russia's economic development. For this purpose it compares the evolution of Britain and Russia since the eighteenth century. A key determinant of social trust is the relation between the state, money and the population. In Britain trust was mobilised through state fiscal policies, public credit, and the rule of law. In Russia (and the USSR) trust was also placed in a strong state, but one which operated rather through personal patronage and the joint responsibility of local institutions. This crucial difference explains why in the 1990s Russia adapted so poorly to market economics. Structures of Trust: Britain and Russia ComparedIn the early 1990s most western politicians and economists assumed that if one introduced to Russia the framework of elective democracy together with western-style legal and financial systems, then the society would inevitably, though perhaps not quickly, become westernised. There was even a word for the process: 'transition', and a whole new science encapsulating its wisdom: transitology. What many transitologists ignored was that the 1) I am grateful to the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, for an Elizabeth and J. Dilworth Fellowship, which enabled me to spend a year there working on the history of trust.

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“…This study developed a scale of government associations with two dimensions in reference to the previous qualitative literature on socialist market economy in China (Hawes, 2008;Wu, 2007), the quantitative scale of politics and economy attitudes (Hahn & Logvinenko, 2008), the role of government (ISSP, 2015), and corporate associations (Kim, 2011(Kim, , 2013. Altogether, 12 items were developed and measured, consisting of six items for each dimension.…”

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Communication‐mediated psychological mechanisms of Chinese publics’ post‐crisis corporate associations and government associations

2019

Contingencies & Crisis Mgmt

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Through an online national survey in China, the study empirically examines the serial mediation effects of active communication behaviour and post‐crisis corporate associations in the relationships between initial crisis perceptions of problem, constraint, and involvement recognitions and government associations. The study suggested that higher problem and involvement recognitions were positively associated with more active communication behaviour in crisis, and such active communication behaviour was in turn positively associated with more favourable post‐crisis corporate associations. The findings also revealed connections between post‐crisis corporate associations and government associations, suggesting publics’ psychological associations of the company in crisis were extended to government associations in China.

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Generational Differences in Russian Attitudes towards Democracy and the Economy

Cited by 24 publications

References 29 publications

Governance, democracy and development

Governance, democracy and development

Structures of Trust: Britain and Russia Compared

Communication‐mediated psychological mechanisms of Chinese publics’ post‐crisis corporate associations and government associations

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