When Democracy Brings Insecurity: The Political Legacies of Regime Change

IF 4.5 1区 社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS World Politics Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI:10.1353/wp.2024.a916343
Hans Lueders
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abstract: The circumstances under which a country democratizes can have long-lasting consequences for citizens' political attitudes. To develop this argument, the author links East Germans' satisfaction with the functioning of democracy today to their experiences during German reunification: East Germany democratized under conditions of extreme economic uncertainty, which has had enduring effects on how economic evaluations are linked to democracy satisfaction. An original survey experiment finds that qualitatively similar experiences of current economic insecurity have stronger effects on East than West Germans' democracy satisfaction. Household panel data show that this effect is stronger among those East Germans who experienced more economic hardship during the transition. Surveys of East Germans prior to reunification demonstrate that a similar pattern did not exist before the transition. Finally, cross-national survey data document similar patterns among Eastern Europeans more broadly. These findings complement existing work on the legacies of authoritarian rule by emphasizing the lasting attitudinal effects of authoritarian breakdown.
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当民主带来不安全:政权更迭的政治遗产
摘要:一个国家民主化的环境会对公民的政治态度产生长期影响。为了阐述这一论点,作者将东德人今天对民主运作的满意度与他们在德国统一期间的经历联系起来:东德是在经济极度不确定的情况下实现民主化的,这对经济评估与民主满意度之间的联系产生了持久的影响。一项独创性的调查实验发现,与西德人相比,当前经济不安全的相似经历对东德人民主满意度的影响更大。家庭面板数据显示,这种影响在转型期间经历过更多经济困难的东德人中更为明显。对统一前东德人的调查表明,类似的模式在转型前并不存在。最后,跨国调查数据表明,在更广泛的东欧人中也存在类似的模式。这些发现强调了威权崩溃的持久态度影响,从而补充了现有关于威权统治遗留问题的研究。
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期刊介绍: World Politics, founded in 1948, is an internationally renowned quarterly journal of political science published in both print and online versions. Open to contributions by scholars, World Politics invites submission of research articles that make theoretical and empirical contributions to the literature, review articles, and research notes bearing on problems in international relations and comparative politics. The journal does not publish articles on current affairs, policy pieces, or narratives of a journalistic nature. Articles submitted for consideration are unsolicited, except for review articles, which are usually commissioned. Published for the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Affairs
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