Critical Citizens: Global Support for Democratic Governance.(Review) (book review)

Critical Citizens: Global Support for Democratic Governance. Edited by Pippa Norris. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. 303p. $65.00 cloth, $19.95 paper.

Much of what political scientists do can be described as understanding how democracy works and what makes it last. Most would agree that legitimacy is at the heart of a stable democracy. Questions regarding what legitimacy is, how it can be conceptualized and measured, and how it can best be explained have long occupied a prominent place in the discipline. Yet, curiously, the study of why and under what conditions citizens ...

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