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

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (437 p.)
• Disciplina: 324.6
• Soggetto topico: Elections; Democracy; Voting; Political participation; Democratie; Kiesgedrag; Vergelijkend onderzoek
• Classificazione: 89.35
• Altri autori: GuntherRichard PuhleHans-Jürgen MonteroJosé R. <1948->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Democracy, intermediation, and voting on four continents
• ISBN: 1-281-19048-9; 9786611190484; 9786611160517; 1-281-16051-2; 0-19-152522-7; 0-19-920284-2; 1-4356-2102-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792254703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II