Are critical citizens a threat to democracy? Political trust and economic crisis in Europe

Abstract

Democratic crisis and organized distrust: what is the democratic deficit. Change or crisis? Citizens, parties and institutions in advanced industrial democracies: theoretical perspectives. Cross-national determinants of political trust and democratic responsiveness: consolidated trends and directions of analysis. Political disaffection and political performance: economic crisis and political. The institutional perspective: the political consequences of economic crisis. A threat from below? Critical citizenship in times of economic crisis: a tale from European countries.Democratic crisis and organized distrust: what is the democratic deficit. Change or crisis? Citizens, parties and institutions in advanced industrial democracies: theoretical perspectives. Cross-national determinants of political trust and democratic responsiveness: consolidated trends and directions of analysis. Political disaffection and political performance: economic crisis and political. The institutional perspective: the political consequences of economic crisis. A threat from below? Critical citizenship in times of economic crisis: a tale from European countries.LUISS PhD Thesi