Insecurity and Education:

Choosing Between Democracy and Dictatorship in Post-Communist Russia

by Kasia Piekarz

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• The survival of democracy through mass support.

• Scholarly debates
  • Psychological dispositions
  • Attitudes towards democratic institutions and values.
  • Attitudes towards current institutions.

• Education as a crucial dimension of support for democracy.

• Russia's contemporary political and cultural atmosphere.

• In my research I have attempted to:
  • Verify that education has a strong correlation with support for democracy.
  • Test that conclusion against questions of security.