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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798632603321

Titolo

Growing up democratic : does it make a difference? / / edited by David Denemark, Robert Mattes, Richard G. Niemi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, Colorado : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-62637-556-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 p.)

Collana

The Global Barometers Series

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Democracy

Political socialization

Political participation

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

Title Page ; Copyright page ; Contents; Tables and Figures; Tables; Table 1.1 Example Showing How to Identify Generations by Age at the Time of a Significant Political Event; Table 2.1 Political Generations in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain; Table 2.2 Support for Democracy (percent); Table 2.3 Support for Democracy, by Political Generation (percent); Table 2.4 Multivariate Analyses of Support for Democracy; Table 2.5 Multivariate Analyses of Support for Democracy in Spain, 1979; Table 2.6 Multivariate Analyses of Frequency of Political Discussionwith Friends

Table 2.7 Correlates and Predictors of Political EngagementTable 3.1 Models of Support for Democracy, Satisfaction with Democracy, and Support for Liberal Democracy; Table 3.2 Effects of Democratic Cohort on Democratic Attitudes WithinIndividual Latin American Countries; Table 4.1 Years and Events Defining Political Generations in East Asian Countries; Table 4.2 Attitudes Toward Democracy in Countries Grouped by Type of Regime(percent); Table 4.3 Attitudes Toward Democracy by Generations (percent); Table 4.4 Attitudes Toward Democracy by Regime Typesa

Table 4.5 Attitudes Toward Democracy in Individual CountriesTable 5.1 Generational Cohorts by Regime Type in South Asia; Table 5.2 Support for Democracy Across Generations in South Asia(percent); Table 5.3



Attitudes Toward Democracy in South Asian Countries; Table 6.1 Long Generations in Post-Communist Eastern and Central Europe; Table 6.2 Multilevel Model of the Effects of Generation, Age, and Time onIndividual Attitudes Toward Democracy and Authoritarianism; Table 6.3 Multilevel Lifetime-Learning Models of Individual Support for Democracy and Authoritarianism

Table 7.1 Changes in Demand for and Satisfaction with Democracy Across 16 Countries, 2002-2008Table 7.2 African Political Regimes; Table 7.3 Generational Differences in Demand for Democracy and Satisfaction with Democracy Across 20 Countries, 2008; Table 7.4 Models of Demand for Democracy Across 20 Countries; Table 7.5 Models of Satisfaction with Democracy Across 20 Countries; Table 8.1 Political Generations in Advanced Democracies; Table 8.2 Support for Democracy and for Authoritarian Alternatives by Generation; Table 9.1 Eras Defining Political Generations in Arab Countries

Table 9.2 Predicted Levels of Support for Democracy and Political Islam Across Historical ErasTable 9.3 Support for Democratic and Autocratic Regimes Overall and Across Generations (percent); Table 9.4 Support for Political Islam Overall and Across Generations (percent; Table 9.5 Impact of Generations on Support for Autocracy, Democracy,and Political Islam; Table 10.1 Predictions of Democratic Attitudes for Four Political Generations; Table 10.2 Democratic Attitudes by Generations in China: ANOVA; Table 10.3 Overall Samples, Pooled-Data Analysis; Table 10.4 Analyses of Generational Subsamples

Table 10.5 Democratic Values in Asia

Sommario/riassunto

What explains differing levels of support for democracy in postauthoritarian countries? Do young people value democracy simply because they have grown up with it? Or do older generations, having experienced the alternative, value democracy more highly? Does the socialization of new generations into the norms of democratic citizenship herald the normalization of democratic governance? Or have frustrations with political corruption and economic stagnation led to the rejection of democracy or, at a minimum, the view that it is irrelevant?  These questions are at the heart of this groundbreaking s