Citizens and Community - Political Support in a Representative Democracy

Klappentext This book addresses political legitimacy and system support in one democracy, Canada. Zusammenfassung The related subjects of political legitimacy and system support are key theoretical concerns of students of democracies. This book addresses these concerns through systematic analyses of the sources! distribution! and consequences of variations in support for key political institutions in one democracy! Canada. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables and figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The problem of political support; 2. Economy, society, self; 3. Democracy, political system, self; 4. Political support and its correlates; 5. Regional disaffection: Quebec and the West; 6. Elections and political support; 7. Causes and consequences of political support; 8. Political support in representative democracies; Appendix; References; Index.

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• Authors: Harold D. Clarke, Clarke Harold D., Allan Kornberg, Allan (Duke University Kornberg, Allan Clarke Kornberg, Kornberg Allan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.03.2011
• EAN: 9780521208321
• ISBN: 978-0-521-20832-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparati; Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Canada, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Canadian, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Political science and theory