POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC MARKETS - CHANGES IN THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ATTITUDES TOWARD POLITICAL DEMOCRACY AND A MARKET-ECONOMY WITHIN THE MASS-CULTURE OF RUSSIA AND UKRAINE

The purpose of this research is to examine the attitudes of ordinary c itizens toward democracy and the market economy. To what degree are at titudes toward democratization and ''marketization'' connected and how has the connection changed over the course of the initiation of democ ratization? Based on a survey conducted in spring 1992, in Russia and Ukraine, I begin with a detailed conceptual and operational considerat ion of support for values (1) conducive to democracy and (2) conducive to the development of a market economy. I then examine the causal int erconnections of the two sets of values, exploring in particular the h ypothesis that support for democracy is largely a function of the desi re for a more productive economic system. Finally, I consider change i n the interrelationship of these attitudes, focusing especially on the changing interconnections between the two sets of attitudes during th e early stage of Soviet democratization (1990 to 1992). This research demonstrates that economic values are not primary, that democratic ins titutions and processes were probably valued for their intrinsic benef its, and that, while attitudes toward democratic institutions and proc esses were relatively stable from 1990 to 1992, substantial crystalliz ation of economic attitudes occurred.