Public Opinion and Regime Change

by Miller, Arthur H.; Reisinger, William M.; Hesli, Vicki L.

• ISBN13: 9780813315034
• ISBN10: 0813315034
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-01-01
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
Conducting Public Opinion Research in the Soviet Union
Polling and Perestroika	p. 17
Public Opinion Research in the Soviet Union: Problems and Possibilities	p. 37
How Citizens Relate to Politics: Individuals, Groups, the Political System
Foreword to Part Two: Social Change and Soviet Public Opinion	p. 51
An Emerging Civic Culture? Ideology, Public Attitudes, and Political Culture in the Early 1990s	p. 56
Emerging Democratic Values in Soviet Political Culture	p. 69
In Search of Regime Legitimacy	p. 95
The Center-Periphery Debate: Pressures for Devolution Within the Republics	p. 124
New Forms of Political Participation	p. 153
Public Opinion and the Emergence of a Multi-Party System	p. 168
Afterword to Part Two: Agendas - Researching the Emerging Political Cultures	p. 197
Public Opinion and the Economy
Perestroika and the Public: Citizens' Views of the "Fruits" of Economic Reform	p. 205
Twelve Percent of Hope: Economic Consciousness and a Market Economy	p. 224
Public Opinion and Foreign Policy
Threat Perceptions	p. 241
Intergenerational Differences in Attitudes Toward Foreign Policy	p. 259
Conclusions: Mass Public Opinion and the Study of Post-Soviet Societies	p. 271
Appendix	p. 279
References	p. 292
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 306
Index	p. 309
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