Democratization in the USSR: The Impact of Political Culture on Processes of Political Change

该奖项支持对政治和法律的 苏联的文化。 苏联的政治文化 欧盟正经历着深刻的压力。 在某种程度上，这些是 原因，部分原因，戏剧性的抽搐， 在这个国家的政治中占有一席之地，因为它试图解决困难的问题。 从专制政府和社会主义经济过渡到 民主和市场。 本研究探讨了 公众舆论、政治变革以及 民主化 该项目的结构是围绕对公众的国家调查， 舆论和政治精英的态度将在苏联进行 1991年年中成立。 该研究将为 制定苏联法律的主要属性的概况， 政治文化，允许测试的假设 苏联价值观的起源和最近的变化， 价值内容和结构差异的比较 在苏联、西欧和美国之间。 这项研究完成后，将为以下方面提供有价值的证据： 了解苏联的变化。 应当 有助于评估苏联与 走上民主之路，以及它是否有可能 继续沿着那条路前进。 一般来说，这项研究 应该有助于我们理解政治文化在 民主化进程和全球变革。

This award supports exploratory research on the political and legal culture of the Soviet Union. The political culture of the Soviet Union is experiencing profound strains. In part, these are the cause, and in part an effect, of the dramatic convulsions taking place in the politics of that country as it attempts the difficult transition from authoritarian government and socialist economy to democracy and markets. This research examines the linkages between public opinion, political change, and the process of democratization. This project is structured around national surveys of public opinion and political elite attitudes to be conducted in the Soviet Union in mid-1991. The research will provide the basis for developing a profile of the major attributes of Soviet legal and political culture, permit the testing of hypotheses about the origins of and recent changes in Soviet values, and facilitate comparisons of the differences in value content and structure between the Soviet Union, Western Europe and the United States. When completed this research will provide valuable evidence for understanding the changes underway in the Soviet Union. It should facilitate assessments of the distance the Soviet Union has traveled down the road to democracy and whether it is likely to continue moving along that road. More generally, this research should help us understand the role of political culture in processes of democratization and global change.