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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818635403321

Titolo

Political mistrust and the discrediting of politicians [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Mattei Dogan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2005

ISBN

1-280-86852-X

9786610868520

1-4294-5363-X

90-474-0804-7

1-4337-0644-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

International studies in sociology and social anthropology, , 0074-8684 ; ; v. 96

Altri autori (Persone)

DoganMattei

Disciplina

320.01/1

Soggetti

Legitimacy of governments

Political sociology

Political science

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

Erosion of confidence in thirty European democracies / Mattei Dogan -- Political mistrust in Latin America / Timothy J. Power and Giselle Jamison -- Political mistrust in Southeast Asia / William Case -- Political scandals / Sighard Neckel -- 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 institution / Jean-Pascal Daloz -- 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.

Sommario/riassunto

The analysis focuses on the low esteem for politicians, their vulnerability, the concept of associated-rivals, the nexus-judges-journalists and the civil death of politicians under judicial investigations.