Growing up democratic : does it make a difference? /

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Imprint:Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2016.
©2016
Description:1 online resource (xii, 319 pages)
Language:English
Series:The global barometers series
Global barometers series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12589004
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Other authors / contributors:Denemark, David, editor.
Mattes, Robert B., editor.
Niemi, Richard G., editor.
ISBN:9781626375567
1626375569
9781626375192
1626375194
Notes:Table 10.5 Democratic Values in Asia.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:What explains differing levels of support for democracy in postauthoritarian 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 s.
Other form:Print version: Growing up democratic. Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2016 9781626375192