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The Legacy of Authoritarian Regimes – Political Culture, Institutions, and Democratisation

Participation
Institutions
Grigore Pop-Eleches
Princeton University

Building: Business School South, Room: Room C01

Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00 BST (26/04/2017)

Thursday 09:00 - 17:00 BST (27/04/2017)

Friday 09:00 - 17:00 BST (28/04/2017)

Saturday 09:00 - 17:00 BST (29/04/2017)

This workshop relates to two academic debates that are usually not in dialogue: (1) Authoritarian regimes and democratisation and (2) political behaviour and public opinion. We invite research that investigates the legacies of authoritarian regimes on political institutions and on civil society. The key question explored in this workshop is how authoritarian regimes affect the subsequent democratisation process. It is still contested in the literature whether periods of authoritarian rule have a lasting impact on a country’s political structure and culture and what the nature of this impact is. Moreover, there is still a gap in the literature that compares the legacies of different types of authoritarian regimes. For example, do one-party rule and military regimes differ in their long-term impact on society and political institutions? Though the study of authoritarian regimes is growing, we still know little about the legacy of dictatorships on their citizens and how this legacy might influence the development of a democratic political culture, which is central for democratic consolidation. We therefore encourage paper submissions especially for studies that focus on legacy impacts of previous authoritarian regimes on citizens' political attitudes and behaviour today. We believe that previous research has not paid enough attention to the long-term impact of citizens' formative experiences in non-democratic systems on individual political attitudes, values, and behaviour, as well as on the prospects of a democratic political culture in transitioning societies. The aim of this workshop is to provide a forum for researchers that study these questions from diverse angles and methodologies: 1. Substantive angles • Legacy effects on political institutions and civil society • Legacy effects on the democratisation process • Comparing different types of authoritarian regimes 2. Methodological issues • Large-N, comparative analysis versus small-N, cross-national studies versus case studies • Focusing on one type of regime versus comparing different types of regimes

Title Details
Democratization in Clan-Based Societies: Explaining the Mongolian Anomaly View Paper Details
The Road to Democratic Consolidation: Assessing the Legacy of Single Party Regimes View Paper Details
National Past and Populism: The Re-Elaboration of Fascism and Its Impact on Right-Wing Populism in Western Europe View Paper Details
Transitional Justice versus ‘Transitional Legacies’: Comparing Issue Salience and the Role of Ideology in the Case of Portugal View Paper Details
The Communist Dictatorship Legacy as an Obstacle to the Albanian Transition: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study Two Decades After the Regime Collapse View Paper Details
Authoritarian Consolidation and Political Liberalization in the MENA: The Long-Lasting Effect of Domestic Players and Regime Type View Paper Details
The Political Culture of Authoritarian Regimes View Paper Details
A Persistent Legacy of Autocracy? Assessing Trends in Protest Participation in New Democracies View Paper Details
Political Legacies and Democratization of Post-Communist Countries View Paper Details
Democratic Models and Authoritarian Legacies: Understanding Citizens’ Democratic Values Across Europe View Paper Details
The Legacy of Authoritarian Regimes on Democratic Citizenship: A Global Analysis of Authoritarian Indoctrination, Repression and Public-Good Provision View Paper Details
The Long-term Scars of Civil Wars. How Autoritharian Repression Shaped Electoral Politics in Spain View Paper Details
New Generations, Old Stories? Political Participation, Its Preconditions and the Cultural Heritage in Central and Eastern Europe View Paper Details
The Psychology of Repression and Polarization in Authoritarian Regimes: Evidence from Egypt and Tunisia View Paper Details
Authoritarian legacies or unfulfilled promises: in search for reasons behind low electoral turnout in post-communist Europe. View Paper Details
Explaining Youth Activism in Transition: Insights From Myanmar View Paper Details
Switching Ideologies? The Role of Authoritarian Legacies in Explaining Left-right Divide in New Democracies View Paper Details
Authoritarian Blueprint vs Authoritarian Reality: The Case of Poland in Comparative CEE Perspective View Paper Details
The Legacies of Revolutionary Failure View Paper Details
Forms of Domination during Authoritarian Rule and Modes of Transition: A Comparative Analysis of Egypt, Iran, Tunisia and Turkey View Paper Details
Political Regimes and Generational Effects on the Support for the Czech Communist Party, 1990–2016 View Paper Details
Title After the Party: Legacies and Left-right Ideology in Post-Communist Countries View Paper Details
The Legacies of Transition from Authoritarianism and Democratic Deconsolidation in Poland View Paper Details
Long Arm of History Refuses to Release its Grip – Second World War, Fascism, Communism and How They Still Shape Political Attitudes and Behaviour in Croatia View Paper Details
Legacies of Communism, Imperialism, and Authoritarianism: Commonalities and Divergences View Paper Details
State-Building and the Legacies of Leninist Violence. View Paper Details
The Ideological Shadow of Authoritarianism View Paper Details