| Political Mistrust and the Discrediting of Politicians Contributor(s): Dogan, Mattei |
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ISBN: 9004145303 ISBN-13: 9789004145306 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $83.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: The analysis focuses on the low esteem for politicians, their vulnerability, the concept of associated-rivals, the nexus-judges-journalists and the civil death of politicians under judicial investigations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 320.011 |
| LCCN: 2005054248 |
| Series: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.34" W x 9.42" (1.08 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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". |