How Europeans View and Evaluate DemocracyMónica Ferrín, Hanspeter Kriesi Oxford University Press, 3. mar. 2016 - 376 strani Based on a new data-set covering 29 European and neighboring countries, this volume shows how, Europeans view and evaluate democracy: what are their conceptions of democracy, how do they assess the quality of democracy in their own country, and to what extent do they consider their country's democracy as legitimate? The study shows that Europeans share a common view of liberal democracy, which is complemented by elements of social and direct democracy, which go beyond the basic liberal model. The level of their demands in terms of democracy varies, however, considerably across Europe and is related to their assessment of democracy: the worse the quality of democracy in a given country, the higher the respective demands on democracy. The analysis of the determinants of democratic views and evaluations shows that they depend on the political and economic (but less on the cultural) context conditions. Comparative Politics is a series for students, teachers, and researchers of political science that deals with contemporary government and politics. Global in scope, books in the series are characterised by a stress on comparative analysis and strong methodological rigour. The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research. For more information visit: www.ecprnet.eu. The Comparative Politics series is edited by Emilie van Haute, Professor of Political Science, Université libre de Bruxelles; Ferdinand Müller-Rommel, Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy, Leuphana University; and Susan Scarrow, Chair of the Department of Political Science, University of Houston. |
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The Challenges | |
The Core Elements | |
Citizens | |
A Social Dominance | |
What Type of Democratic Commitment Lies Behind | |
A Microscope with | |
Explaining Citizens Evaluations of Democracy | |
Concepts Measures Outcomes | |
Liberal Democracy | |
An Empirical Assessment of Satisfaction with Democracy | |
ConclusionWhat Have We Learnt and Where Do We | |
Appendices | |
Bibliography | |
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Albania analysis aspects of democracy assessment attitudes average basic model Bulgaria Chapter citizens cleavage politics coefficients cohorts conceptions of democracy context correlation crossnational Czech Republic Dalton democracy index democratic legitimacy democratic systems dimensions of democracy direct democracy economic effect electoral elements of democracy Europe European Social Survey evaluations of democracy expected factors fair elections free and fair impact importance of living indicator individuallevel institutions interaction Kosovo levels of satisfaction liberal democracy scale longterm maximalist meaning measure minimalist models of democracy module Morlino Nordic countries Norris party percent Political Science quality of democracy question regime relationship representation representative democracy respondents rule of law satisfaction with democracy score shortterm Slovakia Slovenia ſº social democracy social justice support for democracy Table tradeoff Ukraine understanding of democracy University Press variables views of democracy visions of democracy voters voting Welzel World Bank