Citizens and Democracy in Europe Contexts, Changes and Political Support

1. Introduction: Political support in flux

PART I. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

2. Political support as an evaluation

PART II. CONTEXT-LEVEL EXPLANATIONS

3. Contextual theories of political support

4. Changes over time and country differences

5. Explaining political support in context

PART III. INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL EXPLANATIONS

6. Individual theories and the role of context

7. Gaps over time and across countries

8. Explaining gaps in context

9. Conclusion: Changes and political support: what is the role of context?

Sergio Martini is a post-doctoral fellow at the Centre for the Study of Political Change in the Department of Social, Political and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Siena, Italy.

Mario Quaranta is Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento, Italy.