Citizenship in Hard Times
How Ordinary People Respond to Democratic Threat
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2022
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-06104-9 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-06104-9 (ISBN)
What does it mean to be a good citizen when democracy is threatened? Drawing on extensive survey data from the US, UK, and Germany, this comparative study shows that a citizens' partisan identity determines how they respond to threats like electoral interference and polarization.
What do citizens do in response to threats to democracy? This book examines the mass politics of civic obligation in the US, UK, and Germany. Exploring threats like foreign interference in elections and polarization, Sara Wallace Goodman shows that citizens respond to threats to democracy as partisans, interpreting civic obligation through a partisan lens that is shaped by their country's political institutions. This divided, partisan citizenship makes democratic problems worse by eroding the national unity required for democratic stability. Employing novel survey experiments in a cross-national research design, Citizenship in Hard Times presents the first comprehensive and comparative analysis of citizenship norms in the face of democratic threat. In showing partisan citizens are not a reliable bulwark against democratic backsliding, Goodman identifies a key vulnerability in the mass politics of democratic order. In times of democratic crisis, defenders of democracy must work to fortify the shared foundations of democratic citizenship.
What do citizens do in response to threats to democracy? This book examines the mass politics of civic obligation in the US, UK, and Germany. Exploring threats like foreign interference in elections and polarization, Sara Wallace Goodman shows that citizens respond to threats to democracy as partisans, interpreting civic obligation through a partisan lens that is shaped by their country's political institutions. This divided, partisan citizenship makes democratic problems worse by eroding the national unity required for democratic stability. Employing novel survey experiments in a cross-national research design, Citizenship in Hard Times presents the first comprehensive and comparative analysis of citizenship norms in the face of democratic threat. In showing partisan citizens are not a reliable bulwark against democratic backsliding, Goodman identifies a key vulnerability in the mass politics of democratic order. In times of democratic crisis, defenders of democracy must work to fortify the shared foundations of democratic citizenship.
Sara Wallace Goodman is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of Immigration and Membership Politics in Western Europe (Cambridge, 2014), and the recipient of several APSA awards. Her work has been funded by the National Science and Russell Sage Foundations.
1. Introduction; 2. Citizenship and Democratic Instability; 3. Measuring Citizenship Norms: Behavior, Belief, and Belonging; 4. Patterns of Partisan Citizenship; 5. Polarization; 6. Foreign Interference in Elections; 7. Conclusion.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.01.2022 |
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| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 360 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-06104-6 / 1009061046 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-06104-9 / 9781009061049 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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