{"product_id":"communisms-shadow-grigore-pop-eleches-9780691175591","title":"Communism's Shadow: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Political Attitudes","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt has long been assumed that the historical legacy of Soviet Communism would have an important effect on post-communist states. However, prior research has focused primarily on the institutional legacy of communism. \u003ci\u003eCommunism's Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e instead turns the focus to the individuals who inhabit post-communist countries, presenting a rigorous assessment of the legacy of communism on political attitudes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePost-communist citizens hold political, economic, and social opinions that consistently differ from individuals in other countries. Grigore Pop-Eleches and Joshua Tucker introduce two distinct frameworks to explain these differences, the first of which focuses on the effects of \u003ci\u003eliving in a post-communist country, \u003c\/i\u003e and the second on \u003ci\u003eliving through communism\u003c\/i\u003e. Drawing on large-scale research encompassing post-communist states and other countries around the globe, the authors demonstrate that living through communism has a clear, consistent influence on why citizens in post-communist countries are, on average, less supportive of democracy and markets and more supportive of state-provided social welfare. The longer citizens have lived through communism, especially as adults, the greater their support for beliefs associated with communist ideology--the one exception being opinions regarding gender equality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA thorough and nuanced examination of communist legacies' lasting influence on public opinion, \u003ci\u003eCommunism's Shadow \u003c\/i\u003ehighlights the ways in which political beliefs can outlast institutional regimes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Grigore Pop-Eleches, Joshua Tucker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691175594\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691175591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2017","brand":"Grigore Pop-Eleches","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987358613759,"sku":"9780691175591","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_26451a9d-cd84-48b3-80b3-43c2db1f3678.jpg?v=1683288513","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/communisms-shadow-grigore-pop-eleches-9780691175591","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}