Autocratic Middle Class
Autocratic Middle Class How middle class economic dependence on the state impedes democratization and contributes to authoritarian resilienceConventional wisdom holds that the rising middle classes…
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Autocratic Middle Class
How middle class economic dependence on the state impedes democratization and contributes to authoritarian resilienceConventional wisdom holds that the rising middle classes are a force for democracy. 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. Yet in post-Soviet countries like Russia, where the middle class has grown rapidly, authoritarianism is deepening.
Drawing on attitudinal surveys, unique data on protest behavior, and extensive fieldwork in the post-Soviet region,
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