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1 online resource (xxi, 474 pages) : illustrations |
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Beliefs in government ; v. 1 |
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Beliefs in government ; v. 1.
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Citizens and the state : a changing relationship? / Dieter Fuchs and Hans-Dieter Klingemann -- Part I. Political involvement -- Electoral participation; Beyond electoral participation / Richard Topf -- Part II. Political linkage -- Political parties in decline? / Hermann Schmitt and Sören Holmberg -- Party membership and party representativeness / Anders Widfeldt -- Party positions and voter orientations / Hans-Dieter Klingemann -- Relationships between citizen and political parties / Roberto Biorcio and Renato Mannheimer -- Intermediate organizations and interest representation / Kees Aarts -- Part III. The political system -- The dynamics of trust in politicians / Ola Listhaug -- Confidence in political and private institutions / Ola Listhaug and Matti Wiberg -- Support for the democratic system / Dieter Fuchs, Giovanna Guidorossi, Palle Svensson -- Political support in East-Central Europe / Gábor Tóka -- Support for democratic values / Jacques Thomassen -- Part IV. Citizens and the state -- Citizens and the state : a relationship transformed / Dieter Fuchs and Hans-Dieter Klingemann |
| Summary |
It is generally believed that the relationship between citizens and the state in West European democracies has undergone a fundamental change in the last decades. Many observers regard this change as a challenge to representative democracy. This book addresses the problem from the citizen's perspective. Singling out the ten fundamental components of the view that representative democracy is under threat, the book goes on to test them empirically by drawing on the extraordinary data set supplied by the Beliefs in Government research project |
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The results are startling. They refute the idea that citizens in West European societies have withdrawn support from their democracies. But they show exactly how the relationship between citizen and state has really changed in recent years. Traditional forms of political expression have clearly declined but others have evolved in their place. Citizens have become more critical towards politicians and political parties and they are willing to use non-institutionalized forms of political action to pursue their goals and interests |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 444-465) and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Political participation -- Europe
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Political parties -- Europe
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Public opinion -- Europe
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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Political participation
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Political parties
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Politics and government
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Public opinion
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Politieke participatie.
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Burger en overheid.
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045750
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Europe
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Klingemann, Hans-Dieter.
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Fuchs, Dieter.
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| ISBN |
9780198279556 |
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0198279558 |
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9780191599699 |
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0191599697 |
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9780198294733 |
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0198294735 |
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