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Citizens and Community: Political Support in a Representative Democracy
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Citizens and Community: Political Support in a Representative Democracy
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Allan Kornberg
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By (author) Harold D. Clarke
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Series | Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:304 | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9780521208321
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Classifications | Dewey:320.971 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
3 March 2011 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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.
ReviewsReview of the hardback: 'The book provides interesting information on an important political problem.' Administrative Sciences
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