Millennials are increasingly so disengaged with democracy that many are looking to something new, such as changing a government via military coup instead, according to a study by Yascha Mounk and Roberto Stefan Foa due to be published in January. The authors of the study, titled “Military coups and democratic transitions: A new model for political change” say they have found evidence suggesting that countries which use this method experience lower levels of corruption, higher
Millennials are increasingly so disengaged with democracy that many are looking to something new, such as changing a government via military coup instead, according to a study by Yascha Mounk and Roberto Stefan Foa due to be published in January. “They have become more cynical about the value of democracy as a political system...and more willing to express support for authoritarian alternatives," says the report.