Description: The Autocratic Middle ClassHow State Dependency Reduces the Demand for Democracy Author(s): Bryn Rosenfeld Format: Paperback Publisher: Princeton University Press, United States Imprint: Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 9780691192185, 978-0691192185 Synopsis How middle-class economic dependence on the state impedes democratization and contributes to authoritarian resilience 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, Bryn Rosenfeld 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. In pursuit of development, authoritarian states often employ large swaths of the middle class in state administration, the government budget sector, and state enterprises. Drawing on attitudinal surveys, unique data on protest behavior, and extensive fieldwork in the post-Soviet region, Rosenfeld documents how the failure of the middle class to gain economic autonomy from the state stymies support for political change, and how state economic engagement reduces middle-class demands for democracy and weakens prodemocratic coalitions. The Autocratic Middle Class makes a vital contribution to the study of democratization, showing how dependence on the state weakens the incentives of key societal actors to prefer and pursue democracy.
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Book Title: The Autocratic Middle Class
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: The Autocratic Middle Class: How State Dependency Reduces the Demand for Democracy
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2020
Subject: Economics, Politics
Item Height: 235 mm
Type: Textbook
Author: Bryn Rosenfeld
Subject Area: Political Sociology, Social Organisations, Political Science
Series: Princeton Studies in Political Behavior
Item Width: 156 mm
Format: Paperback
