Citizens and Community: Political Support in a Representative Democracy

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Citizens and Community: Political Support in a Representative Democracy
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Allan Kornberg
By (author) Harold D. Clarke
SeriesCambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:304
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
ISBN/Barcode 9780521208321
ClassificationsDewey:320.971
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 3 March 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The related subjects of political legitimacy and system support are key theoretical concerns of students of democratic societies. They have received very little scholarly attention, however, because of the conceptual and methodological complexities they engender. In this book the authors address these concerns through systematic multivariate analyses of the sources, distribution, and consequences of variations in citizen support for key political objects in one such society, Canada. Although the authors do so within a comparative context, their primary focus is on Canada because it is one of the world's oldest democracies and is a country that has experienced support problems that periodically have reached crisis proportion. Many of the problems facing Canada are more extreme examples of difficulties that have vexed other democracies. This study helps illuminate both the conditions under which democracies in general are able to sustain themselves and those under which they could flounder.

Reviews

Review of the hardback: 'The book provides interesting information on an important political problem.' Administrative Sciences