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Growing Up Democratic: Does It Make a Difference?
By David Denemark, Robert Mattes, and Richard G. Niemi, editors
2016-08
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Growing Up Democratic: Does It Make a Difference?
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers / Boulder, CO
DESCRIPTION
What explains differing levels of support for democracy in post-authoritarian countries? Do young people value democracy simply because they have grown up with it? Or do older generations, having experienced the alternative, value democracy more highly? Does the socialization of new generations into the norms of democratic citizenship herald the normalization of democratic governance? Or have frustrations with political corruption and economic stagnation led to the rejection of democracy or, at a minimum, the view that it is irrelevant?
These questions are at the heart of this groundbreaking study of the impact of generational change on support for democracy and opposition to authoritarian rule in countries and regions around the world.
CONTENTS
1. Growing Up Democratic—R. Mattes, D. Denemark, and R.G. Niemi.
POSTAUTHORITARIAN SOCIETIES.
2. Southern Europe: Elite-Led Culture Change—R. Gunther and J.R. Montero.
3. Latin America: The Modest Dividend of Growing Up Democratic—A. Moreno and M. Lagos.
4. East Asia: Variable Support for Democracy in a Diverse Region—J.F. Hsieh and J. Lin.
5. South Asia: An Arm's Length Embrace of Democracy—S. Shastri, R. Syal, S. Palshikar, and S. Sarawgi.
6. Eastern and Central Europe: Growing up Communist, Learning to Be Democratic—W. Mishler, R. Rose, and N. Matukhno.
7. Sub-Saharan Africa: The Positive Impact of Effective Democracy—R. Mattes.
COMPARISONS WITH ESTABLISHED DEMOCRACIES AND NONDEMOCRACIES.
8.Advanced Democracies: The Erosion of Traditional Democratic Citizenship—D. Denemark, T. Donovan, and R.G. Niemi.
9.The Arab World: The Challenges of Political Islam—E. Gao.
10.China: The Impact of Modernization and Liberalization on Democratic Attitudes—M. Huang, Y. Chu, and C. Yongrong.
CONCLUSION.
11.Generational Change in Postauthoritarian Democracies?—R. Mattes, D. Denemark, and R.G. Niemi.
DESCRIPTION
What explains differing levels of support for democracy in post-authoritarian countries? Do young people value democracy simply because they have grown up with it? Or do older generations, having experienced the alternative, value democracy more highly? Does the socialization of new generations into the norms of democratic citizenship herald the normalization of democratic governance? Or have frustrations with political corruption and economic stagnation led to the rejection of democracy or, at a minimum, the view that it is irrelevant?
These questions are at the heart of this groundbreaking study of the impact of generational change on support for democracy and opposition to authoritarian rule in countries and regions around the world.
CONTENTS
1. Growing Up Democratic—R. Mattes, D. Denemark, and R.G. Niemi.
POSTAUTHORITARIAN SOCIETIES.
2. Southern Europe: Elite-Led Culture Change—R. Gunther and J.R. Montero.
3. Latin America: The Modest Dividend of Growing Up Democratic—A. Moreno and M. Lagos.
4. East Asia: Variable Support for Democracy in a Diverse Region—J.F. Hsieh and J. Lin.
5. South Asia: An Arm's Length Embrace of Democracy—S. Shastri, R. Syal, S. Palshikar, and S. Sarawgi.
6. Eastern and Central Europe: Growing up Communist, Learning to Be Democratic—W. Mishler, R. Rose, and N. Matukhno.
7. Sub-Saharan Africa: The Positive Impact of Effective Democracy—R. Mattes.
COMPARISONS WITH ESTABLISHED DEMOCRACIES AND NONDEMOCRACIES.
8.Advanced Democracies: The Erosion of Traditional Democratic Citizenship—D. Denemark, T. Donovan, and R.G. Niemi.
9.The Arab World: The Challenges of Political Islam—E. Gao.
10.China: The Impact of Modernization and Liberalization on Democratic Attitudes—M. Huang, Y. Chu, and C. Yongrong.
CONCLUSION.
11.Generational Change in Postauthoritarian Democracies?—R. Mattes, D. Denemark, and R.G. Niemi.
Voting and Democratic Citizenship in Africa (The Global Barometers Series)
By Michael Bratton, editor
2013-04
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Voting and Democratic Citizenship in Africa (The Global Barometers Series)
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers / Boulder, CO 80301 USA
DESCRIPTION
How do individual Africans view competitive elections? How do they behave at election time? What are the implications of new forms of popular participation for citizenship and democracy? Drawing on a decade of research from the cross-national Afrobarometer project, the authors of this seminal collection explore the emerging role of mass politics in Africa's fledgling democracies.
CONTENTS
1.Voting and Democratic Citizenship in Africa: An Overview—M. Bratton.
2.Where Do Elections Lead in Africa?—M. Bratton.
VOTE CHOICE.
3.Does Ethnicity Determine Support for the Governing Party?—P. Norris and R. Mattes.
4.Political Competition and Ethnic Identification in Africa—B. Eifert, E. Miguel, and D. Posner.
5.Voting Intentions in Africa: Ethnic, Economic, or Partisan?—M. Bratton, R. Bhavnani, and T-H. Chen.
VOTE BUYING.
6.Vote Buying and Electoral Turnout in Kenya—E. Kramon.
7.Vote Buying and Violence in Nigerian Election Campaigns—M. Bratton.
8.Museveni and the 2011 Ugandan Election: Did the Money Matter?—J. Conroy-Krutz and C. Logan.
IMPLICATIONS FOR CITIZENSHIP.
9.Uncritical Citizenship: Mozambicans in Comparative Perspective—R. Mattes and C. Shenga.
10.Accountability or Representation? How Electoral Systems Promote Public Trust—W. Cho.
11.Voters But Not Yet Citizens: The Weak Demand for Vertical Accountability—M. Bratton and C. Logan.
IMPLICATIONS FOR DEMOCRACY.
12.Critical Citizens and Submissive Subjects: Election Losers and Winners in Africa—D. Moehler.
13.Does the Quality of Elections Affect the Consolidation of Democracy?—A. Greenberg and R. Mattes.
14.Do Free Elections Foster Capable Governments?—M. Bratton.
CONCLUSION.
15.Voting and Democratic Citizenship in Africa: Where Next?—M. Bratton.
DESCRIPTION
How do individual Africans view competitive elections? How do they behave at election time? What are the implications of new forms of popular participation for citizenship and democracy? Drawing on a decade of research from the cross-national Afrobarometer project, the authors of this seminal collection explore the emerging role of mass politics in Africa's fledgling democracies.
CONTENTS
1.Voting and Democratic Citizenship in Africa: An Overview—M. Bratton.
2.Where Do Elections Lead in Africa?—M. Bratton.
VOTE CHOICE.
3.Does Ethnicity Determine Support for the Governing Party?—P. Norris and R. Mattes.
4.Political Competition and Ethnic Identification in Africa—B. Eifert, E. Miguel, and D. Posner.
5.Voting Intentions in Africa: Ethnic, Economic, or Partisan?—M. Bratton, R. Bhavnani, and T-H. Chen.
VOTE BUYING.
6.Vote Buying and Electoral Turnout in Kenya—E. Kramon.
7.Vote Buying and Violence in Nigerian Election Campaigns—M. Bratton.
8.Museveni and the 2011 Ugandan Election: Did the Money Matter?—J. Conroy-Krutz and C. Logan.
IMPLICATIONS FOR CITIZENSHIP.
9.Uncritical Citizenship: Mozambicans in Comparative Perspective—R. Mattes and C. Shenga.
10.Accountability or Representation? How Electoral Systems Promote Public Trust—W. Cho.
11.Voters But Not Yet Citizens: The Weak Demand for Vertical Accountability—M. Bratton and C. Logan.
IMPLICATIONS FOR DEMOCRACY.
12.Critical Citizens and Submissive Subjects: Election Losers and Winners in Africa—D. Moehler.
13.Does the Quality of Elections Affect the Consolidation of Democracy?—A. Greenberg and R. Mattes.
14.Do Free Elections Foster Capable Governments?—M. Bratton.
CONCLUSION.
15.Voting and Democratic Citizenship in Africa: Where Next?—M. Bratton.
How East Asians View Democracy
By Yun-han Chu, Larry Diamond, Andrew J. Nathan, Doh Chull Shin
2008
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How East Asians View Democracy
Publisher: Columbia University Press / New York
DESCRIPTION
East Asian democracies are in trouble, their legitimacy threatened by poor policy performance and undermined by nostalgia for the progrowth, soft-authoritarian regimes of the past. Yet citizens throughout the region value freedom, reject authoritarian alternatives, and believe in democracy.
This book is the first to report the results of a large-scale survey-research project, the East Asian Barometer, in which eight research teams conducted national-sample surveys in five new democracies (Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Mongolia), one established democracy (Japan), and two nondemocracies (Mainland China and Hong Kong) in order to assess the prospects for democratic consolidation. The findings present a definitive account of the way in which East Asians understand their governments and their roles as citizens. Contributors use their expert local knowledge to analyze responses from a set of core questions, revealing both common patterns and national characteristics in citizens' views of democracy. They explore sources of divergence and convergence in attitudes within and across nations.
The findings are sobering. Japanese citizens are disillusioned. The region's new democracies have yet to prove themselves, and citizens in authoritarian Mainland China assess their regime's democratic performance relatively favorably. The contributors to this volume contradict the claim that democratic governance is incompatible with East Asian cultures but counsel against complacency toward the fate of democracy in the region. While many forces affect democratic consolidation, popular attitudes are a crucial factor. This book shows how and why skepticism and frustration are the ruling sentiments among today's East Asians.
CONTENTS
1. Introduction: Comparative Perspectives on Democratic Legitimacy in East Asia
—Yun-han Chu, Larry Diamond, Andrew J. Nathan, and Doh Chull Shin
2. The Mass Public and Democratic Politics in South Korea: Exploring the Subjective World of Democratization in Flux
—Doh Chull Shin and Chong-Min Park
3. Mass Public Perceptions of Democratization in the Philippines: Consolidation in Progress?
—Linda Luz Guerrero and Rollin F. Tusalem
4. How Citizens View Taiwan‘s New Democracy —Yu-tzung Chang and Yun-han Chu
5. Developing Democracy Under a New Constitution in Thailand —Robert B. Albritton and Thawilwadee Bureekul
6. The Mass Public and Democratic Politics in Mongolia —Damba Ganbat, Rollin F. Tusalem, and David D. Yang
7. Japanese Attitudes and Values Toward Democracy —Ken'ichi Ikeda and Masaru Kohno
8. Democratic Transition Frustrated: The Case of Hong Kong —Wai-man Lam and Hsin-chi Kuan
9. China: Democratic Values Supporting an Authoritarian System —Tianjian Shi
10. Conclusion: Values, Regime Performance, and Democratic Consolidation
—Yun-han Chu, Larry Diamond, and Andrew J. Nathan
DESCRIPTION
East Asian democracies are in trouble, their legitimacy threatened by poor policy performance and undermined by nostalgia for the progrowth, soft-authoritarian regimes of the past. Yet citizens throughout the region value freedom, reject authoritarian alternatives, and believe in democracy.
This book is the first to report the results of a large-scale survey-research project, the East Asian Barometer, in which eight research teams conducted national-sample surveys in five new democracies (Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Mongolia), one established democracy (Japan), and two nondemocracies (Mainland China and Hong Kong) in order to assess the prospects for democratic consolidation. The findings present a definitive account of the way in which East Asians understand their governments and their roles as citizens. Contributors use their expert local knowledge to analyze responses from a set of core questions, revealing both common patterns and national characteristics in citizens' views of democracy. They explore sources of divergence and convergence in attitudes within and across nations.
The findings are sobering. Japanese citizens are disillusioned. The region's new democracies have yet to prove themselves, and citizens in authoritarian Mainland China assess their regime's democratic performance relatively favorably. The contributors to this volume contradict the claim that democratic governance is incompatible with East Asian cultures but counsel against complacency toward the fate of democracy in the region. While many forces affect democratic consolidation, popular attitudes are a crucial factor. This book shows how and why skepticism and frustration are the ruling sentiments among today's East Asians.
CONTENTS
1. Introduction: Comparative Perspectives on Democratic Legitimacy in East Asia
—Yun-han Chu, Larry Diamond, Andrew J. Nathan, and Doh Chull Shin
2. The Mass Public and Democratic Politics in South Korea: Exploring the Subjective World of Democratization in Flux
—Doh Chull Shin and Chong-Min Park
3. Mass Public Perceptions of Democratization in the Philippines: Consolidation in Progress?
—Linda Luz Guerrero and Rollin F. Tusalem
4. How Citizens View Taiwan‘s New Democracy —Yu-tzung Chang and Yun-han Chu
5. Developing Democracy Under a New Constitution in Thailand —Robert B. Albritton and Thawilwadee Bureekul
6. The Mass Public and Democratic Politics in Mongolia —Damba Ganbat, Rollin F. Tusalem, and David D. Yang
7. Japanese Attitudes and Values Toward Democracy —Ken'ichi Ikeda and Masaru Kohno
8. Democratic Transition Frustrated: The Case of Hong Kong —Wai-man Lam and Hsin-chi Kuan
9. China: Democratic Values Supporting an Authoritarian System —Tianjian Shi
10. Conclusion: Values, Regime Performance, and Democratic Consolidation
—Yun-han Chu, Larry Diamond, and Andrew J. Nathan