An aroused and active public is dangerous to authoritarianism, but - TopicsExpress



          

An aroused and active public is dangerous to authoritarianism, but the Soviet Union left behind it a public that remains quiet except at intervals of excitement: compare the demands made by Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia with those made by Germans evicted from their eastern territories in 1945. Even where an aroused public has toppled authoritarian governments, as in Georgia in 2003 and 2012, most people who have suffered unjust treatment by the previous government are not bringing cases against its officials or against the state. They are waiting, maybe hoping. Charles Fairbanks. "Causes of Authoritarianism in the Former Soviet Republics"
Posted on: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 04:37:15 +0000

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