CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Varga, Zsombor Vilibald |
|---|---|
| Title | Support for Democracy in CEE countries: Micro-level Attributes in Politically Polarizing Societies |
| Summary | This thesis analyses the association between micro-level attributes and democratic support in the CEE region with focusing on the amplifying role that elite-induced polarization plays in diverting these associations. To test the different patterns of the more polarized CEE region compared to the classical democracies of Western countries, I perform multilevel model on the EVS database from 2017 on each region and on the pooled dataset as well. The results show consistency with the human development theory of Inglehart&Welzel (2010) and the decreasing democratic attitude of younger generations (Mounk, 2018) in both regions with only minor cases for variables being more relevant in CEE countries. However, the country-level examinations reveal high variation in the associations of the CEE region, while Western countries show more uniform pattern. Therefore, the CEE region follows Western countries in most of the variables. Nonetheless, this general paradigm is diverted oftentimes as a result of country-specific exceptions due to the higher variation in CEE countries, which I interpret in the thesis as originating from the severe polarization brought force by the discursive activity of political entrepreneurs. |
| Supervisor | Tóka, Gábor |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/varga_zsombor.pdf |
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