Семинар "Политическая экономика": Ekaterina Borisova (HSE University) о влиянии авторитарной политики на общественные отношения и поведение.

На семинаре "Политическая экономика" Ekaterina Borisova (HSE University) рассказала о том, как влияет сложная и неопределенная политика в области реформы жилищного строительства на формирование просоциальных норм и моделей социальной координации.

Тема: Autocratic Policy and the Accumulation of Pro-social Norms: The Moscow Housing Renovation Program

Аннотация:

Relying on original data from a survey of 1600 Muscovites, this paper explores the effect of complex and uncertain housing reform policies on the formation of pro-social norms and patterns of societal coordination. We argue that the demands for social interaction embedded in the structure of top-down policy prompted residents of included buildings to interact with other residents and state officials to understand the program, redress policy shortcomings, monitor policy changes, and organize for a house-level vote to secure benefits. Comparing residents living in buildings included and excluded from the program, we find that these interactions led to changes in pro-social norms and increased coordination to support pro-community actions. Notably, we don’t find the same effect for the interactions created by pension reform, a policy which provides a comparative case. Our findings show the effect of authoritarian policy on societal attitudes and behavior and contribute to theories of short- to medium-term accumulation of societal capacity to resolve collective action problems in response to autocratic policy initiatives.