Comparing Pluralist Democracies: Strains on Legitimacy

ISBN-13: 9780367006761 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 300 str.

Mattei Dogan

Opis

This book offers an overview of the developing body of empirical research on the Eisenhower presidency. It provides an analysis of key features of Eisenhower's staffing structure, his institutional presidency, his decision making and relation between the White house and cabinet.

Spis treści

Introduction: Strains on Legitimacy -- Comparing Legitimacy and Values among Advanced Democratic Countries -- Legitimacy of Democracy and the Socioeconomic System -- Political Alienation and Protest -- Tendencies Toward an Erosion of Legitimacy -- Defeatism in Western Europe: Reluctance to Fight for Country -- Basic Values: Religion, Patriotism, and Equality -- Crisis of the Welfare State -- Comparative Policy Analysis: The Program Approach -- What Kind of Pluralist Democracy Tomorrow: Civic or State Controlled?