Prethodno priopćenje
Citizenship and the Forms of Political Support: A Case-Study of the Croatian Adriatic Regions
Zoran Radman
; Biro za prostorno planiranje, urbanizam i zaštitu okoliša URBOS, Split, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The article is dealing with the issue of political support in Croatia, related to the issues of trust and legitimacy towards authority and institutions, as the elements of the political system. Previous research conducted in Croatia evidences a relatively low level of trust in the political authorities and institutions. In this paper we go by Easton’s dimensions of political support: authority support, support to institutions, support to democracy and support to community. All these forms of political support represent the subjective orientations of citizens towards the units of the political system. On the other hand, orientation and relationship of citizens towards the units of the political systems poses the question of citizenship. The paper is exploring the relation of subjective orientations of citizens towards the political systems units and different dimensions of political support in the specific context of Adriatic regions of Croatia, on the basis of the established models of citizenship developed by various authors. The results point out that the level of support rises as we go from the lower, specific types of support (support to authorities and support to institutions) towards higher, diffuse modes of support (support to community). In the background of the political support, especially “support to democracy”, there are performances of the political system. In other words, political support is more instrumentally then intrinsically founded.
Ključne riječi
trust; legitimacy; political support; citizenship models; political systems units (entities)
Hrčak ID:
64025
URI
Datum izdavanja:
31.1.2011.
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