Support for democracy under authoritarianism: post-communist political learning in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
Journal: ANU Open Research (Australian National University)
Year: 2020

This thesis examines the role of generational and lifecycle effects in generating support for democracy in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. It applies theories of political learning and socialisation to the post-Soviet space to address the puzzle of how people in authoritarian regimes acquire supportive attitudes towards democracy. The study therefore tests the assumption of political socialisation theories that being socialised into higher levels of democracy should correspond to stronger democrati