Corruption and Popular Support for Democracy and Government in Transitional Contexts: The Case of Kyrgyzstan

Kathleen Collins and Robert Gambrel

Europe-Asia Studies, 2017, vol. 69, issue 8, 1280-1309

Abstract: Many studies have argued that corruption undermines perceived democratic legitimacy, trust in state institutions, and government support. However, few prior studies have included transitional or hybrid regimes in their analyses, or simultaneously examined multiple aspects of this relationship. Using focus groups and a nationally representative survey conducted throughout a tumultuous transitional period in Kyrgyzstan, we find evidence for our hypotheses that citizens with greater corruption concerns will be more pro-democratic when evaluating democracy or its institutional components in the abstract; yet, they distrust existing government institutions. Even in a hybrid regime lacking democratic experience, citizens exhibit attributes of distrusting democrats.

Date: 2017
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