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Democracy and Its Alternatives - (Understanding Post-Communist Societies) by Richard Rose & William Mishler & Christian Haerpfer (Paperback)

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  • The collapse of communism has created the opportunity for democracy to spread from Prague to the Baltic and the Black seas.
  • Author(s): Richard Rose & William Mishler & Christian Haerpfer
  • 286 Pages
  • Political Science, History & Theory
  • Series Name: Understanding Post-Communist Societies

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The collapse of communism has created the opportunity for democracy to spread from Prague to the Baltic and the Black seas. But the alternatives - dictatorship or totalitarian rule - are more in keeping with the traditions of Central and Eastern Europe.



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The collapse of communism has created the opportunity for democracy to spread from Prague to the Baltic and the Black seas. But the alternatives - dictatorship or totalitarian rule - are more in keeping with the traditions of Central and Eastern Europe. Will people put up with new democracies which are associated with inflation, unemployment, crime and corruption? Or will they return to some form of authoritarian regime? Half a century ago, Winston Churchill predicted that people will accept democracy with all its faults - because it is better than anything else that has ever been tried. To find out if Churchill was right, this book analyses a particular source of evidence about public opinion, the New Democracies Barometer, covering the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Belarus and Ukraine. The authors find that there is widespread popular support for democracy compared to communism, dictatorship and military rule. People who have been denied democratic freedoms value new political rights more highly. Economic concerns are second in importance.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)
Weight: .85 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 286
Genre: Political Science
Sub-Genre: History & Theory
Series Title: Understanding Post-Communist Societies
Publisher: Polity Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Richard Rose & William Mishler & Christian Haerpfer
Language: English
Street Date: October 1, 1998
TCIN: 94487631
UPC: 9780745619279
Item Number (DPCI): 247-03-0639
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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