Mariano Torcal, José Ramón Montero

Political Disaffection in Contemporary Democracies

Social Capital, Institutions and Politics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Citizens of many democracies are becoming more critical of basic political institutions and detached and disaffected from politics in general. This is a new comparative analysis of this trend that focuses on major democracies throughout Latin America, Asia and Central Europe. It brings together leading scholars to address three key areas of the current debate: * the conceptual discussion surrounding political disaffection * the factors causing voters to turn away from politics * the actual consequences for democracy This is a highly relevant topic as representative democracies are coming to face new developments. It deals with the reasons and consequences of the so called a democratic deficita (TM) in a systematic way that enables the reader to develop a well-rounded sense of the area and its main debates. This book is an invaluable resource for all students of political science, sociology, cultural studies and comparative politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 161mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 717g
• ISBN-13: 9780415340663
• ISBN-10: 0415340667
• Artikelnr.: 22473080

Autorenporträt

Mariano Torcal, José Ramón Montero

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. Introduction 1. Political Disaffection in Comparative Perspective
Part 2. Concepts and Dimensions 2. Democracy, Disaffection and
Institutions: Some Neo-Tocquevillean Speculations 3. The
Multidimensionality of Political Support for New Democracies: Conceptual
Redefinition and Empirical Refinement Part 3. Causes I: Institutional
Disaffection and Social Capital4. Institutional Confidence and Social
Trust: Aggregate and Individual Relations 5. Democracy and Involvement: The
Benevolent Aspects of Social Participation 6. Understanding the
Relationship between Social Capital and Political Disaffection in the New
Post-Communist Democracies Part 4. Causes II: Politics and Institutions 7.
Political Disaffection and Democratization History in New Democracies 8.
Confidence in Parliaments: Performance, Representation and Accountability
9. Political Disaffection and Political Performance: Norway 1957-2001 10.
Italy, Forty Years of Political Disaffection: A Longitudinal Exploration
Part 5. Consequences: Participation, Protest, and Information 11. Does
protest Signify Disaffection? Demonstrators in a Postindustrial Democracy
12. Political Participation, Information and Accountability: Some
Consequences of Political Disaffection in New Democracies Part 5.
Conclusions13. Some Basic Conclusions About Political Disaffection in
Contemporary Representatives Democracies