By Armine Mkhitaryan,
CRRC-Armenia Junior Fellow
The content of this blog is the sole responsibility of the author and does not necessarily reflect the views of CRRC-Armenia.
CRRC-Armenia Junior Fellow
In
this post, the readiness for democracy is operationalized into two
indicators: government as a parent or as an employee. Literature suggests that if
people treat the government as an employee it means they are completely ready
for democracy (Bessete
& Pitney 2013; Slatter 2004; Diamond 1989).
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| Source: CRRC Caucasus Barometer, 2015 |
The Caucasus Barometer survey in 2015 by Caucasus
Research Resource Center-Armenia finds that while most Armenians (78%) say they
see the government as a parent and only 22% as an employee, more than 56% of
respondents still estimated democracy as “Absolutely important”. Some factors
such as a high level of education, high financial status or high social status
were analyzed to see if those stand behind such a wish for democracy. The
findings reflected in infographics above illustrate that high level of
education, high financial status and high social status do not necessarily
assume more positive attitude towards democracy (CRRC Caucasus Barometer 2015;
World Values Survey 2014).
The content of this blog is the sole responsibility of the author and does not necessarily reflect the views of CRRC-Armenia.
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