Leader of the free world or pioneer in democracy’s decline? Examining the democratic deconsolidation hypothesis on the mass level in East and West Germany
A stable democratic society is unthinkable if its citizens oppose the principles of self-governance. Yet, recent studies suggest that citizens of consolidated democracies increasingly turn their backs on this system of government. Nonetheless, the evidence is mixed and mainly focuses on attitudes to...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Research & Politics |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168019900822 |