Communism's Shadow - Historical Legacies and Contemporary Political Attitudes (Hardcover)

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. A thorough and nuanced examination of communist legacies' lasting influence on public opinion, Communism's Shadow highlights the ways in which political beliefs can outlast institutional regimes.

General

Imprint:	Princeton University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Princeton Studies in Political Behavior
Release date:	May 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Grigore Pop-Eleches • Joshua Tucker
Dimensions:	235 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Trade binding
Pages:	344
ISBN-13:	978-0-691-17558-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism Promotions
LSN:	0-691-17558-6
Barcode:	9780691175584

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