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How people view democracy / edited by Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. - xxvii, 158 p. ; 23 cm. - A Journal of democracy book . - A Journal of democracy book. .

Notes bibliogr. Index.

How people understand democracy / Russell J. Dalton, Doh C. Shin, and Willy Jou -- The role of ordinary people in democratization / Christian Welzel and Ronald Inglehart -- Public opinion and democratic legitimacy / Yun-han Chu ... [et al.] -- Learning to support new regimes in Europe / Richard Rose -- Latin America's diversity of views / Marta Lagos -- Authoritarian nostalgia in Asia / Yu-tzung Chang, Yun-han Chu, and Chong-Min Park -- The fragility of support for democracy in South Asia / Peter R. deSouza, Suhas Palshikar, and Yogendra Yadav -- Formal versus informal institutions in Africa / Michael Bratton -- The "alternation effect" in Africa / Michael Bratton -- The Arab aspiration for democracy / Amaney Jamal and Mark Tessler -- How Muslims in Central Asia view democracy / Richard Rose.

ISBN: 9780801890604 (rel) 0801890608 (rel) 9780801890611 (br) 0801890616 (br)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Democracy--Public opinion--Cross-cultural studies.
Democracia--Opinion publica.

LC Class. No.: JC 423 / H847 2008