What activates individuals’ support for autocratic governments? Some suggest that the answer is perceptions of increased corruption and/or poor economic performance. We do not dispute this explanation but instead contend it depends on individual differences in personality. hypothesise introverted and closed-minded citizens are generally resistant to democracy. When democracies appear unable add...

The study investigates the relationship between premigration experiences with autocracy and immigrants' participation in politics host country. Using a survey of about 2000 immigrants Quebec (Canada) interviewed over telephone or an online questionnaire, it assesses two possible pathways regarding effect on country politics. One pathway emphasizes reluctance to participate where would hinder se...

The paper deals with the evolution of Russian legal frameworks governing Muslim Tatars that resided in Volga-Ural region during liberal reforms implemented by Tsar Alexander II and conservative course III. In this regard, development environment to define a status is certain projection ups downs passed through autocracy calibrating domestic policy era its entry into an industrial society. This ...