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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465155103321

Titolo

Democracy, intermediation, and voting on four continents [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Richard Gunther, José Ramón Montero and Hans-Jürgen Puhle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-19048-9

9786611190484

9786611160517

1-281-16051-2

0-19-152522-7

0-19-920284-2

1-4356-2102-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (437 p.)

Classificazione

89.35

Altri autori (Persone)

GuntherRichard

PuhleHans-Jürgen

MonteroJosé R. <1948->

Disciplina

324.6

Soggetti

Elections

Democracy

Voting

Political participation

Democratie

Kiesgedrag

Vergelijkend onderzoek

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Appendices; Notes on Contributors; 1. Introduction: Intermediation, Information, and Electoral Politics; 2. Democracy and Intermediation: Some Attitudinal and Behavioural Dimensions; 3. The Mass Media in Third-Wave Democracies: Gravediggers or Seedsmen of Democratic Consolidation?;



4. Intermediation Through Secondary Associations: The Organizational Context of Electoral Behaviour; 5. The Flow of Political Information: Personal Discussants, the Media, and Partisans

6. Voting and Intermediation: Informational Biases and Electoral Choices in Comparative Perspective7. Value Cleavages and Partisan Conflict; 8. Conclusions: Processes of Intermediation, Electoral Politics, and Political Support in Old and New Democracies; Notes; References; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the results of systematic comparative analyses of electoral behavior and support for democracy in 13 countries on four continents. - ;This book presents the results of systematic comparative analyses of electoral behavior and support for democracy in 13 countries on four continents. It is based on national election surveys held in "" and "" democracies in Europe (Germany, Britain, Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Bulgaria), North and South America (the United States, Chile and Uruguay), and Asia (Hong Kong) between 1990 and 2004. It is methodologically innovative, notwithstan