Beliefs in Government, Volume 5OUP/European Science Foundation, 1995 M11 23 - 236 pages This concise overview volume pulls together the empirical findings of the Beliefs in Government series and sets them in the broad context of mass politics in modern Europe. Its conclusions about political participation, mass political opinion, postmaterialism and postmodernism, and democratic change and stability break new ground in political science. |
Contents
1 The Tale of a Comparative Political Science Project | 1 |
2 Theories of Crisis and Catastrophe Change and Transformation | 17 |
3 Political Attitudes and Political Behaviour | 40 |
4 The Growth and Decline of the State? | 65 |
5 International Government | 97 |
6 Citizens and the State | 126 |
7 A Crisis of Democracy? | 150 |
Project Proposal for Decision by the General Assembly of the European Science Foundation on 2 November 1988 | 173 |
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