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dc.contributor.authorCarnaghan, Ellen
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-18T05:32:18Z
dc.date.available2022-03-18T05:32:18Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/53443
dc.description.abstractRussian-language edition: One common explanation for the failure of democracy to take root in Russia more quickly and more thoroughly than it has points to inherited cultural values that predispose Russian citizens to favor an autocratic type of governance. Ellen Carnaghan takes aim at this cultural-determinist thesis in her study of Russian attitudes, based on intensive interviews with more than sixty citizens from all walks of life and a variety of political orientations. What she finds is that, rather than being influenced by an antidemocratic and anticapitalist ideology, these ordinary citizens view the economic and political system in Russia today very critically because it simply does not function well for them in meeting their everyday needs. They long for order not because they eschew democracy and free markets in any fundamental way, but because they experience them currently as chaotic and unpredictable, leading to constant frustration. As a result, there is reason to be optimistic about further progress in democratization: it depends on improving the functioning of existing institutions, not transforming deep-rooted cultural norms. In the Conclusion, Carnaghan applies her argument to elucidating the reasons why Russians have responded favorably to what Westerners see as moves in an antidemocratic direction by Vladimir Putin’s government.
dc.languageRussian
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.otherPolitical Science
dc.subject.otherWorld
dc.subject.otherRussian & Former Soviet Union
dc.titleА порядка в ней нет
dc.title.alternativeРоссийские политические ценности в неидеальном мире
dc.typebook
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oapen.relation.isFundedByb818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9
oapen.relation.isbn9781644698433
oapen.collectionKnowledge Unlatched (KU)
oapen.imprintAcademic Studies Press
oapen.identifierhttps://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/fe9620c1-05cc-47e4-9990-fe40c355188c
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