• 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