It is generally believed that the relationship between citizens and the state in Western 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 form the citizen's perspectiv. 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.
It is generally believed that the relationship between citizens and the state in Western European democracies has undergone a fundamental change in th...
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.
Singling out the ten fundamental components of the view that representative democracy is under threat, the book goes on to test them empirically by dr...
A detailed new examination of the initiatives governments are exploring to reform the institutions and procedures of liberal democracy in order to provide more opportunities for political participation and inclusion.
Combining theory and empirical case studies, this is a systematic evaluation of the most visible and explicit efforts to engineer political participation via institutional reforms. Part I discusses the phenomenon of participatory engineering from a conceptual standpoint, while parts II, III and IV take a comparative, as well as an empirical, perspective. The...
A detailed new examination of the initiatives governments are exploring to reform the institutions and procedures of liberal democracy in order to ...
What is the relationship between democracy and political culture in countries undergoing major systemic change? Have subjective political orientations of citizens been important in shaping the development of democracy in central and eastern Europe after the fall of communism?
These core questions are tackled by an impressive range of twenty political scientists, sixteen of which are based in the central and eastern European countries covered in this essential new book. Their analyses draw on a unique set of data collected and processed by the contributors to this volume within the...
What is the relationship between democracy and political culture in countries undergoing major systemic change? Have subjective political orientati...
Gibt es eine Legitimitatskrise der politischen Systeme der westlichen Industriegesellschaften? Diese Frage bildete eine der wichtigsten Kontroversen der politischen Wissenschaft in der Mitte der 70er Jahre (siehe dazu: KIELMANSEGG, 1976). Den Anlass dazu gaben vor allem die Arbeiten von HABERMAS (1973) und OFFE (1972). Die theoretische Kontroverse uber die Legitimitatskrise ist inzwischen abgeebbt, ohne dass es zu einem Konsens bei der Beantwortung der Frage gekommen ware. Trotz dieser Ungeklartheit und inzwischen angesammel ter empirischer Evidenzen, die eher gegen eine Legitimi tatskrise...
Gibt es eine Legitimitatskrise der politischen Systeme der westlichen Industriegesellschaften? Diese Frage bildete eine der wichtigsten Kontroversen d...
Dieser Band versammelt Beitrage internationaler Autoren uber die etablierten westlichen Demokratien und die neuen Demokratien Mittel- und Osteuropas. Im Vordergrund steht das Verhaltnis zwischen den Burgern und ihrer politischen Ordnung. Behandelt werden die politische Kultur und politische Werte, Wahlen und politischer Prozess, politische Partizipation und Interessenartikulation, politische Parteien und Politiken sowie politische Reprasentation und politische Leistungsfahigkeit demokratischer Systeme. Diese Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Hans-Dieter Klingemann greift Fragestellungen und...
Dieser Band versammelt Beitrage internationaler Autoren uber die etablierten westlichen Demokratien und die neuen Demokratien Mittel- und Osteuropas. ...
