Political Disaffection in Contemporary Democracies : Social Capital, Institutions and Politics (Hardcover)

Preface List of Tables List of Figures I. Introduction 1. Political Disaffection in Comparative Perspective. Mariano Torcal (Universitat Pompeu Fabra [UPF], Barcelona) and Jose Ramon Montero (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid [UAM]). II. Concepts and Dimensions 2. Democracy, Disaffection and Institutions: Some Neo-Tocquevillean Speculations. Claus Offe (Humboldt-Universitat Berlin) 3. The Multidimensionality of Political Support for New Democracies: Conceptual Redefinition and Empirical Refinement Richard P. Gunther (Ohio State University) and Jose Ramon Montero (UAM) III. Causes I: Institutional Disaffection and Social Capital 4. Institutional Confidence and Social Trust: Aggregate and Individual Relations Kenneth Newton (University of Southampton) 5. Democracy and Involvement: The Benevolent Aspects of Social Participation Jan W. van Deth (Universitat Mannheim) 6. Understanding the Relationship between Social Capital and Political Disaffection in the New Post-Communist Democracies Geoffrey Evans (Oxford University) and Natalia Letki (Oxford University) IV. Causes II: Politics and Institutions 7. Political Disaffection and Democratization History in New Democracies Mariano Torcal (UPF) 8. Confidence in Parliaments: Performance, Representation and Accountability Pedro C. Magalhaes (Social Sciences Institute of the University of Lisbon). 9. Political Disaffection and Political Performance: Norway 1957-2001 Ola Listhaug (The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim) 10. Italy, Forty Years of Political Disaffection: A Longitudinal Exploration. Paolo Segatti (Universita di Pavia) V. Consequences: Participation, Protest, and Information 11. Does protest Signify Disaffection? Demonstrators in a Postindustrial Democracy' Pippa Norris (Harvard University), Stefaan Walgreve (University of Antwerpen) and Peter van Aelst (University of Antwerpen) 12. Political Participation, Information and Accountability: Some Consequences of Political Disaffection in New Democracies Mariano Torcal (UPF) and Ignacio Lago (Juan March) V. Conclusions 13. Some Basic Conclusions About Political Disaffection in Contemporary Representatives Democracies Jose Ramon Montero (UAM) and Mariano Torcal (UPF)