Constraining Elites In Russia And Indonesia: Political Participation And Regime Survival

This is a thought-provoking analysis on why democracy succeeds in some countries but not others, comparing the post-transition experiences of two cases of contemporary democratisation: Russia and Indonesia. Following authoritarian regimes, democracy eroded in Russia but flourished in Indonesia - so confounding dominant theories of democratisation that predicted the opposite outcomes based on their levels of socioeconomic development and histories of statehood. Identifying key behaviours and patterns of political participation as a factor, Lussier interweaves ethnographic interview and quantitative public opinion data to expand our understanding on how mass political participation contributes to a democracy's survival. The integration of both micro- and macro-level data in a single study is one of this project's most significant contributions, and will enhance its appeal to both researchers and instructors.

• | Author: Danielle N. Lussier
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 30, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 331 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1107446341
• | ISBN-13: 9781107446342