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Citizenship in Comparative Perspective

Citizenship in Comparative Perspective. April 26, 2011. Citizenship Norms. Duty-based citizenship Participation Social order. Engaged citizenship Autonomy Solidarity. norms  correlates. Dalton shows strong correlations between citizenship norms and 4 correlates: 1 behavioral

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Citizenship in Comparative Perspective

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  1. Citizenship in Comparative Perspective April 26, 2011

  2. Citizenship Norms Duty-based citizenship Participation Social order Engaged citizenship Autonomy Solidarity

  3. norms  correlates • Dalton shows strong correlations between citizenship norms and 4 correlates: • 1 behavioral • Political participation • 3 attitudinal • Political tolerance • Political ideology • Political trust

  4. Alexis de Tocqueville French bureaucrat and political theorist, 1805-1859 Sent to the US to study the prison system (1831-1832) WroteDemocracy in America (1835/1840) based on his observations “Jacksonian democracy”

  5. Following in Tocqueville’s Footsteps • Emphasis on citizens’ beliefs and behavior to explain political outcomes • Contrast to institutionalism • Comparative perspective • “Those who know only one country know no country” (quoted in Dalton 139 [and misquoted in Smith 3])

  6. Dalton’s comparative methodology • US and 18 other “established democracies” • Mostly European countries, but some others too • Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand • Data from the International Social Survey Program • Conducted in 2004 • Samples of citizens in many different countries were asked the same questions

  7. How important is it for citizens to ______?

  8. Citizenship Norms in Comparative Perspective

  9. Generations and Citizenship Norms in Comparative Perspective

  10. Correlate 1: Political Participation

  11. Political tolerance in recent US history

  12. Correlate 2: Political Tolerance

  13. Support for “Democratic Values”

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