Economic Autonomy and Democracy - McMann, Kelly M.
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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. The analysis illuminates the relationship between capitalism and democracy, the interaction among democratic rights, and the global rise in governments that display both democratic and authoritarian characteristics. The book's focus on individuals and the state in democratization and a Slavic country and a Central Asian country set it apart.…mehr

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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. The analysis illuminates the relationship between capitalism and democracy, the interaction among democratic rights, and the global rise in governments that display both democratic and authoritarian characteristics. The book's focus on individuals and the state in democratization and a Slavic country and a Central Asian country set it apart.
Autorenporträt
Kelly M. McMann is an assistant professor of political science at Case Western Reserve University. Her work appears in the edited volumes The Transformation of Central Asia: States and Societies from Soviet Rule to Independence (2003) and Everyday Life in Central Asia (2006). She has conducted field research in the capital cities and outlying regions of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan and survey research in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. Grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research, the International Research Exchanges Board, and the Institute for the Study of World Politics have funded her research.