How people view democracy
By: edited by Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner.
Contributors: Diamond, Larry Jay.; Plattner, Marc F., 1945-
Series: A journal of democracy book
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Subjects: Democracy -- Public opinion -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: How people understand democracy / Russell J. Dalton, Doh C. Shin, and Willy Jou; title: The role of ordinary people in democratization / Christian Welzel and Ronald Inglehart; title: Public opinion and democratic legitimacy / Yun-han Chu ... [et al.]; title: Learning to support new regimes in Europe / Richard Rose; title: Latin America's diversity of views / Marta Lagos; title: Authoritarian nostalgia in Asia / Yu-tzung Chang, Yun-han Chu, and Chong-Min Park; title: The fragility of support for democracy in South Asia / Peter R. deSouza, Suhas Palshikar, and Yogendra Yadav; title: Formal versus informal institutions in Africa / Michael Bratton; title: The "alternation effect" in Africa / Michael Bratton; title: The Arab aspiration for democracy / Amaney Jamal and Mark Tessler; title: How Muslims in Central Asia view democracy / Richard Rose.