Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-292) and indexes.
Mapping political support in the 1990s : a global analysis / Hans-Dieter Klingemann -- Political support in advanced industrial democracies / Russell J. Dalton -- Five years after the fall : trajectories of support for democracy in post-Communist Europe / William Mishler and Richard Rose -- Down and down we go : political trust in Sweden / Sören Holmberg -- The democratic culture of unified Germany / Dieter Fuchs -- Tensions between the democratic ideal and reality : South Korea / Richard Rose, Doh C. Shin, Neil Munro -- Social and political trust in established democracies / Kenneth Newton -- The economic performance of governments / Ian McAllister -- Political performance and institutional trust / Arthur Miller and Ola Listhuag -- Institutional explanations for political support / Pippa Norris -- Postmodernization erodes respect for authority, but increases support for democracy / Ronald Inglehart -- Conclusions : the growth of critical citizens and its consequences / Pippa Norris.
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Critical Citizens is a study on attitudes towards nation, governance, political institutions and political leadership. The contributors argue that the crisis in global democracy has been greatly exaggerated in recent years.