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Economic autonomy and democracy : hybrid regimes in Russia and Kyrgyzstan /
In deciding whether to exercise their democratic rights, individuals first consider if they can risk government harassment at their workplaces. Colorful accounts of activists' decisions and government harassment in Russia and Kyrgyzstan and examples from around the world illustrate this argumen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York ; Cambridge [UK] :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In deciding whether to exercise their democratic rights, individuals first consider if they can risk government harassment at their workplaces. Colorful accounts of activists' decisions and government harassment in Russia and Kyrgyzstan and examples from around the world illustrate this argument. "How do individuals decide to exercise their democratic rights? This book argues that they first assess their economic autonomy, meaning their ability to make a living independent of government authorities. Before individuals consider whether their resources and organizational abilities are adequate to act on their interests, they calculate the risk of political activism to their livelihood. This is particularly evident in regions of the world where states monopolize the economy and thus can readily harass activists at their workplaces. Economic autonomy links capitalism and democracy through individuals' calculations about activism. Accounts of activists' decisions about establishing independent media, leading political organizations, and running for office and descriptions of government harassment in Russia and Kyrgyzstan, along with examples from most regions of the world, illustrate these arguments. Economic autonomy and the interaction among democratic rights help explain the global proliferation of hybrid regimes, governments that display both democratic and authoritarian characteristics."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 259 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-249) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521857619 9780521857611 9780511221293 0511221290 0511220006 9780511220005 9780511219320 0511219326 0511220529 9780511220524 9780511510281 0511510284 9786610480425 6610480427 |