Bibliograph

Political Mistrust and the Discrediting of Politicians, edited by Mattei Dogan

Type

Label

Political Mistrust and the Discrediting of Politicians, edited by Mattei Dogan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Political Mistrust and the Discrediting of Politicians

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

81600503

Responsibility statement

edited by Mattei Dogan

Series statement

Brill E-Books - Social Sciences Archive 2000-2006International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology, 96Brill E-Books

Summary

This book, prepared under the auspices of the ISA research committee on Comparative Sociology, focuses on a worldwide phenomenon: political mistrust, observable in almost all countries, in both established democracies and in authoritarian regimes. But ubiquity does not signify uniformity. The diversity of political regimes generates a multiplicity of forms and intensities of mistrust. Political mistrust seems inherent even in advanced democracies and in semi-democracies, where citizens are better prepared and more prone to criticize the dysfunctions of institutions and condemn the misconduct of politicians. Political mistrust is greatly nourished in many countries by a wide practice of public corruption. Of particular sociological interest is the vulnerability of political elites and of their frequent condemnation to "civil death".--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Political Mistrust as a Worldwide Phenomenon -- Mattei Dogan -- I Comparative Analyses -- Erosion of Confidence in Thirty European Democracies -- Mattei Dogan -- Political Mistrust in Latin America -- Timothy J. Power and Giselle Jamison -- Political Mistrust in Sbutheast Asia -- William Case -- Political Scandals -- Sighard Neckel -- II Contrasting Cases of National Configurations of Trust-Mistrust -- Norway: Trust Among Elites in a Corporatist Democracy -- Trygve Gulbrandsen -- France: Political Mistrust and the Civil Death of Politicians -- Mattei Dogan -- Nigeria: Trust Your Patron, not the Institutions -- Jean-Pascal Daloz -- III From Mistrust to Crisis of Legitimacy -- Argentina: Economic Disaster and the Rejection of the Political Class -- Frederick C. Turner And Marita Carballo -- How Civil War Was Avoided in France -- Mattei Dogan -- Book Reviews -- Analytic Index

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