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Political Mistrust and the Discrediting of Politicians

Political Mistrust and the Discrediting of Politicians

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PhilosophyAnthropologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 9004145303
ISBN13: 9789004145306
Publisher: Brill
Published: Sep 1 2005
Pages: 250
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.34 Depth: 9.42
Language: English
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.

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