Decline of the founding values of democracy and weakening of quasi-missionary institutions
The decline of confidence in the institutions of European democracy constitutes a phenomenon requiring investigation of the factors behind this discontent. Both civic perceptions and the erosion, of fundamental beliefs contribute to hypothesizing about attempts at "constructing meaning." T...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
1997
|
| In: |
Studies in comparative international development
Year: 1997, Volume: 32, Issue: 3, Pages: 112-123 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Girard, René 1923-2015
|
| Further subjects: | B
Comparative International Development
B Politics and religion B Democratic Society B Ecclesiology B Political Philosophy B Democracy B Anglicanism B Universal Suffrage B Class Vote B Social Finality B Secularism |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | The decline of confidence in the institutions of European democracy constitutes a phenomenon requiring investigation of the factors behind this discontent. Both civic perceptions and the erosion, of fundamental beliefs contribute to hypothesizing about attempts at "constructing meaning." This leads in turn to a consideration of quasimissionary institutions and to the resultant effects of indifference in the contemporary world. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1936-6167 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in comparative international development
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF02687333 |
