СОЦИАЛЬНО-ПСИХОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ ФАКТОРЫ МАССОВОЙ ПОДДЕРЖКИ АВТОКРАТИЙ: ОБЗОР ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ

Вестник Пермского университета. Серия: Политология. 2022. Т. 16. № 4. С. 118–126.

Zubarev N.

Despite the fact that autocracies are frequently portrayed in art as states where all power belongs to a single
person or a group of people, such states need mass political support. The latter signals that attempts at changing
the status quo have little chances of success, lowers the probability of violent revolutions, and forms
democratic legitimacy, while at the same time weakening the political role of civilian population. A significant
share of studies on mass support of autocracies considers economic factors as key variables. Nevertheless,
a number of papers point out that such states could be rather resilient to economic shocks. Social psychology
has a number of approaches that could offer additional explanations of dynamics of political support
in autocracies. This article attempts to systematize results of publications that maintain the significance of
these theories. Potential explanatory models include social identity theory, value theories of Inglehart-Welzel
and Schwartz as well as Big Five personality traits and emotions in politics.

Keywords: национализм, values, ценности, социальная идентичность, political support, политическая поддержка, nationalism, эмоции, autocracy, emotions, Big Five, hybrid regimes, гибридные режимы, social identity, политическое доверие, political trust, Большая пятерка, автократии