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Critical citizens global support for democratic government

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  • "Global support for democratic government"
  • "Critical citizens"

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  • "The book analyses a series of interrelated questions. How far are there legitimate grounds for concern about public support for democracy world-wide? Are trends towards growing cynicism evident in the United States evident in many established and newer democracies? What are the main political, economic, and cultural factors underpinning support for democratic government? Leading political scientists from around the world challenge conventional wisdom and conclude that accounts of a global democratic 'crisis' are greatly exaggerated. Critical Citizens: Global Support for Democratic Government analyses a series of interrelated questions. The first two are diagnostic: how far are there legitimate grounds for concern about public support for democracy world-wide? Are trends towards growing cynicism evident in the United States evident in many established and newer democracies? The second concern is analytical: what are the main political, economic, and cultural factors driving the dynamics of support for democratic government? The final questions are prescriptive: what are the consequences of this analysis and what are the implications for strengthening democratic governance? This book has brought together a distinguished group of international scholars who develop a global analysis of these issues that looks at trends in establishes and newer democracies as we approach the end of the twentieth century. It also presents the first results of the 1995-7 World Values Study as well as drawing on an extensive range of comparative empirical evidence. Challenging the conventional wisdom, this original and stimulating book concludes that accounts of a democratic 'crisis' are greatly exaggerated. By the mid-1990s most citizens world-wide shared widespread aspirations to the ideals and principles of democratic government. At the same time there remains a marked gap between evaluations of the ideal and the practice of democracy. The public in many newer democracies in Central and Eastern Europe and in Latin America proved deeply critical of the performance of their governing regimes. And in many established democracies the 1980s saw a decline in public confidence in the core institutions of representative democracy including parliaments, the legal system, and political parties. The book considers the causes and consequences of the development of critical citizens. It will prove invaluable for those interested in comparative politics, public opinion, and the dynamics of the democratization process."
  • "Critical Citizens is a study on attitudes towards nation governance, political institutions and political leadership. The contributors argue that the crisis in global democracy has been greatly exaggerated in recent years."

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  • "Llibres electrònics"
  • "Zborniki"
  • "Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme)"
  • "Livre électronique (Descripteur de forme)"
  • "Aufsatzsammlung"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Proceedings"

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  • "Critical Citizens : Global Support for Democratic Government"
  • "Critical citizens global support for democratic government"@en
  • "Critical citizens global support for democratic government"
  • "Critical Citizens Global Support for Democratic Government"
  • "Critical citizens : global support for democratic government"
  • "Critical citizens : global support for democratic government"@en

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