Contents

• List of Tables
• Preface
• Introduction
• Political Trust and Democracy
• Types of Political Systems
• Formation of Hypotheses
• Conclusion
• Neoliberalism, Policy Performance, and Economic Outcomes
• Rise of Neoliberalism
• Economic Outcomes
• Impact of Economic Conditions
• Conclusion
• Political Participation and Social Capital
• Theory of Social Capital
• Origins of Participation
• Impact of Participation on Institutional Confidence
• Impact of Participation on Support for Democracy
• Conclusion
• Cultural Concepts of Justice
• Philosophical Views toward Justice
• The Cultural Values
• Impact of Cultural Values
• Conclusion
• Attitudes of the Democratic Citizen
• Attitudes, Trust, and Democracy
• Attitudes toward Personal Life
• Attitudes toward Political Life
• Impact of Attitudes toward Personal and Political Life
• Conclusion
• Dilemmas of Modern Democracies
• Theoretical Dilemmas
• Ethical Dilemmas
• Policy Dilemmas
• Conclusion
• Appendix A: Measurement of Attitudes
• Appendix B: Samples
• References
• Index