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Record Nr.

UNINA9910554217803321

Autore

Rosenfeld Bryn <1981->

Titolo

The autocratic middle class : how state dependency reduces the demand for democracy / / Bryn Rosenfeld

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton ; ; Oxford : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

0-691-19219-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Princeton studies in political behavior

Disciplina

306.20947

Soggetti

Civil service - Political activity - Former communist countries

Middle class - Political activity - Former communist countries

Authoritarianism - Former communist countries

Democracy - Former communist countries

Democratization - Former communist countries

Former communist countries Economic conditions

Former communist countries Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The AutocraticMiddle Class -- 2. State Dependency andMiddle-Class Demand for Democracy -- 3. The Post-CommunistMiddle Classes, the State, and Democratization -- 4. Rethinking theMiddle-Class Protest Paradigm -- 5. Choosing toWork for the State -- 6. Revolution, Democratic Retrenchment, and theMiddle Class -- 7. Aligning theMiddle Class with Autocracy: Rhetoric and Practice -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix I: Regression Results.

Sommario/riassunto

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, this book 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.