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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 0 Zusammenfassung 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). Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
