Democratic challenges, democratic choices: the erosion of political support in advanced industrial democracies

Most democratic citizens today are now questioning the very pillars of representative democracy. Democratic Challenges, Democratic Choices uses an unprecedented array of cross-national public opinion surveys to document the erosion of political support in virtually all Western democracies. These trends are making governing more difficult, but also fueling demands for political reform that may lead to a further expansion of the democratic process and a new democraticrelationship between citizens and their governments. - ;Most democratic citizens today are distrustful of politicians, political p

Most democratic citizens today are distrustful of politicians political parties and political institutions. This text documents the erosion of political support in virtually all advanced industrial democracies.