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The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Patterns of Support for Democracy in Germany
Has there been a decline in support for democracy in the aftermath of the 2007/08 fiscal crisis and the subsequent economic recession in Germany? This is the general research question dealt with in this article. Based on a differentiated theory of support for democracy results show that levels of support are high and change over time does not support the decline expectation. We conclude that the political culture of Germany’s established democratic political regime has cushioned the impact of the fiscal crisis and the subsequent economic recession in the time period under consideration. German democracy has weathered the crisis well.
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The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems
Citizens living in presidential or parliamentary systems face different political choices as do voters casting votes in elections governed by rules of proportional representation or plurality. Political commentators seem to know how such rules influence political behaviour. They firmly believe, for example, that candidates running in plurality systems are better known and held more accountable to their constituencies than candidates competing in elections governed by proportional representation. However, such assertions rest on shaky ground simply because solid empirical knowledge to evaluate the impact of political institutions on individual political behaviour is still lacking. The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems has collected data on political institutions and on individual political behaviour and scrutinized it carefully. In line with common wisdom results of most analyses presented in this volume confirm that political institutions matter for individual political behaviour but, contrary to what is widely believed, they do not matter much.
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The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Support for Democracy
This contribution provides a brief introduction into the second part of this HSR Special Issue. It informs about an ongoing project on the development of democracy in seven countries, five 'new' and two 'established' democracies. The five new democracies are Chile, South Korea, Poland, South Africa and Turkey. They are compared to Sweden and Germany. The five new democracies are located in different world regions and have different cultural and historical backgrounds. The contribution provides basic economic and political information on these countries. It also describes the common data base used by the six contributions: two surveys of members of parliament conducted in 2007 and 2013 as well as waves 5 and 6 of the World Values Survey conducted at about the same time. The common focus of all six contributions is the analysis of change in political legitimacy between 2007 and 2013.
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Citizens and the state
Fears that representative democracy in Western Europe is in crisis are examined on the basis of trends in mass attitudes over the past two or three decades. The evidence from this volume in the highly regarded and widely cited Beliefs in Government series suggests not crisis but a changing relationship between governments and citizens.
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Public information campaigns & opinion research : a handbook for the student & practitioner
This handbook draws on multidisciplinary insights and the experiences of academics and campaign practitioners to provide a comprehensive guide and introduction to planning, implementing and measuring public information and communication campaigns.
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National Treatment Systems in Global Perspective
Drug policy development is mostly viewed as emerging within the nation state. Processes of diffusion of innovative policies have been neglected to a large extent. The comparative study of public policy has demonstrated, however, that diffusion is an important predictor of early policy adaptation. Thus, the analysis asks the general question of the relative importance of endogenous and exogenous effects on the development of drug policies in various countries. Specifically it describes the Swiss debate leading to the popular initiative on ‘Youth Without Drugs’ as well as the international reactions regarding its liberal outcome. Results of an expert survey show two broad types of reactions. There is one set of countries where chances for the introduction of limited heroin-prescription trials during the next 5 years are considered probable and a second set of countries which seems to be strictly status quo oriented. In the concluding section a model is suggested which systematically considers endogenous as well as exogenous predictors of ‘soft’ or ‘hard’ drug policy adoption. Results of a first tentative test of the model are encouraging for future empirical research on diffusion processes of drug policies.
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Democracy and Its Discontents in Post-Wall Germany
This article traces the political behavior intentions of \"satisfied democrats,\" \"dissatisfied democrats,\" and \"non-democrats\" in West and East Germany. Dissatisfaction is most commonly expressed in support for the loyal opposition, with some minor tilt toward parties of the ends of the spectrum. Non-democrats, a very small percentage of the populace, more commonly express their disapproval through withdrawal rather than through active extremism. Based on a 1997 general population survey, the analysis reveals some differences in the magnitude of western versus eastern conceptions of the elements that make up \"democracy.\" But most of those differences get channeled into seemingly benign forms of political participation. The core of the findings is that dissatisfaction with democracy may well be a healthy stimulant rather than a threat to the vitality of either established or emerging democracies. /// Les auteurs comparent l'évolution des intentions de comportement politique de trois catégories de sujets--démocrates satisfaits, démocrates insatisfaits, et non démocrates--en Allemagne de l'est et en Allemagne de l'ouest. L'insatisfaction s'exprime le plus souvent par le soutien au parti d'opposition officiel. Les non démocrates, qui constituent une très faible proportion de la population, expriment leur insatisfaction, dans la très grande majorité des cas, par la simple abstention. L'étude, basée sur un sondage de 1997, révèle, qu'entre l'est et l'ouest du pays, on enregistre quelques différences de perception de ce que signifie la démocratie, mais que ces différences n'ont que peu d'effet sur la participation politique. L'insatisfaction peut fort bien servir d'aiguillon plutôt que de menace à une démocratie, qu'elle soit émergente ou bien établie.
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