- Title Pages
- About this publication
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Abbreviations
- Standard Country Abbreviations Used in the Tables and Figures
- List of Contributors
- 1 Citizens and the State: A Changing Relationship?
- 2 Electoral Participation
- 3 Beyond Electoral Participation
- 4 Political Parties in Decline?
- 5 Party Membership and Party Representativeness
- 6 Party Positions and Voter Orientations
- 7 Relationships Between Citizens and Political Parties
- 8 Intermediate Organizations and Interest Representation
- 9 The Dynamics of Trust in Politicians
- 10 Confidence in Political and Private Institutions
- 11 Support for the Democratic System
- 12 Political Support in East–Central Europe
- 13 Support for Democratic Values
- 14 Citizens and the State: A Relationship Transformed
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Citizens and the State: A Changing Relationship?
Citizens and the State: A Changing Relationship?
- Chapter:
- (p.1) 1 Citizens and the State: A Changing Relationship?
- Source:
- Citizens and the State
- Author(s):
Dieter Fuchs (Contributor Webpage)
Hans‐Dieter Klingemann (Contributor Webpage)
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Explains the issues raised by the two types of questions that the book sets out to address. The first is descriptive: has the citizen–state relationship in Western Europe changed over recent decades. The second is consequential and normative: is there evidence that such changes endanger representative democracy?
Keywords: representative democracy, Western Europe
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- Title Pages
- About this publication
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Abbreviations
- Standard Country Abbreviations Used in the Tables and Figures
- List of Contributors
- 1 Citizens and the State: A Changing Relationship?
- 2 Electoral Participation
- 3 Beyond Electoral Participation
- 4 Political Parties in Decline?
- 5 Party Membership and Party Representativeness
- 6 Party Positions and Voter Orientations
- 7 Relationships Between Citizens and Political Parties
- 8 Intermediate Organizations and Interest Representation
- 9 The Dynamics of Trust in Politicians
- 10 Confidence in Political and Private Institutions
- 11 Support for the Democratic System
- 12 Political Support in East–Central Europe
- 13 Support for Democratic Values
- 14 Citizens and the State: A Relationship Transformed
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index