Citizens and Community: Political Support in a Representative Democracy (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) - Hardcover

Kornberg, Allan; Clarke, Harold D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521416787 ISBN 13: 9780521416788

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1992

Synopsis

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.

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

Book Description

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521416787
• ISBN 13: 9780521416788
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304