This book reveals the diverse worlds of history, civic culture, and values in South Africa, South Korea, Chile, Poland, Turkey, Germany, and Sweden. It explores the similarities and differences between the values of the elites and the ordinary people to see how well democracy works in each of these countries, and how old and new democracies compare with each other. The study is based on analyses of value orientations of the parliamentary and media elites and those of the ordinary citizens, obtained from conducted research surveys. The first part of the book considers the quality of democracy...