Democratic resource or democratic threat? Profiles of critical and uncritical citizens in comparative perspective

Comparative Sociology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-27

  Geissel, Brigitte ^a  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical citizen; Democracy; Democratic attitudes; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOCRACY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLITICS;

EID: 40049098665     PISSN: 15691322     EISSN: 15691330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156913307X233692     Document Type: Article

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