{"product_id":"9781400887828","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\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137797701872,"sku":"9781400887828","price":17.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781400887828_p0.jpg?v=1763712982","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781400887828","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}