In three of the six democracies surveyed by the East Asia Barometer, a majority of respondents prefer democracy to its alternatives. In the other three, however, a lingering nostalgia for authoritarianism stands in the way of democratic consolidation.
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Jason Wells
Jason Wells is a doctoral student in political science at the University of Missouri at Columbia.
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