How Europeans View and Evaluate Democracy

Herausgeber: Ferrin, Monica; Kriesi, Hanspeter

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book answers two fundamental questions for European advanced democracies: how Europeans view democracy (or how democracy should be) and how Europeans evaluate democracy (or how European democracies work in practice).

Produktdetails

• Comparative Politics
• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 150mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 771g
• ISBN-13: 9780198766902
• ISBN-10: 0198766904
• Artikelnr.: 47870163

Autorenporträt

Mónica Ferrín is Researcher at the University of Zürich, where she works in several projects related to citizens' attitudes, behavior, and citizenship. She also collaborates with Collegio Carlo Alberto. ; Hanspeter Kriesi holds the Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics at the European University Institute in Florence. Previously, he had been teaching at the universities of Amsterdam, Geneva and Zurich. He was the director of a Swiss national research program on the 'Challenges to democracy in the 21st century' from 2005-2012.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Mónica Ferrín and Hanspeter Kriesi: Introduction: Democracy - the
Verdict of the Europeans
* 2: Lizzy Winstone, Sally Widdop, and Rory Fitzgerald: Constructing
the Questionnaire: the Challenges of Measuring Views and Evaluations
of Democracy Across Europe
* Part I: Views of Democracy in Europe
* 3: Enrique Hernández Pérez: Europeans' Views of Democracy: the Core
Elements of Democracy
* 4: Hanspeter Kriesi, Willem Saris, and Paolo Moncagatta: The
Structure of Europeans' Views of Democracy: Citizens' Models of
Democracy
* 5: Besir Ceka and Pedro C. Magalhães: The Determinants of Citizens'
views of Democracy
* 6: Mark Franklin and Pedro Riera: Types of Liberal Democracy and
Generational Shifts: How Citizens' Views of Democracy Differ Across
Generational Cohorts
* 7: Sonia Alonso: What Type of Democratic Commitment Lies Behind the
Importance of Living in a Democracy?
* Part II: Evaluations of European Democracies
* 8: Braulio Gómez and Irene Palacios: Citizens' Evaluations of
Democracy. A Microscope with Quality Seal
* 9: Hanspeter Kriesi and Willem Saris: The Structure of the Evaluation
of Democracy
* 10: Mariano Torcal and Alexander H. Trechsel: Explaining Citizens'
Evaluations of Democracy
* Part III: Legitimacy of European Democracies
* 11: Bernhard Weßels: Democratic Legitimacy: Concepts, Measures,
Outcomes
* 12: Radoslaw Markowski: Determinants of Democratic Legitimacy:
Liberal Democracy and Social Justice
* 13: Mónica Ferrín: An Empirical Assessment of Satisfaction with
Democracy
* 14: Hanspeter Kriesi and Leonardo Morlino: Conclusion