TO SLADKÉ SLOVO DEMOKRACIA ... SPOKOJNOSŤ S DEMOKRACIOU A POLITICKÉ ODCUDZENIE NA SLOVENSKU

• Authors: Oľga Gyárfášová

Title variants

EN

This sweet word democracy ... Satisfaction with democracy and political alienation in Slovakia

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

Based on empirical findings of the ISSP survey the study analyses public perception of rights in democracy, satisfaction with how the democracy works, and external and internal efficacy. Some results are compared in time. The paper conceptualizes the satisfaction with democracy as satisfaction with good governance; furthermore it explores what are the main factors which influence satisfaction with democracy. The author concludes that Slovak citizens give preference to the social rights whereas the political ones (including participation) are perceived as less important. The external efficacy (responsiveness of political elites, level of corruption, fairness, impartiality etc.) has stronger explanatory power than internal efficacy in regard to democracy satisfaction. On the other hand the internal efficacy (interest in politics, cognitive understanding, participation potential etc.) has declined during last nine years.

Keywords

EN

DEMOCRACY; GOVERNANCE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL RIGHTS; POLITICAL EFFICACY; SLOVAKIA

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sociológia (Sociology)
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 47
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 365 – 389

Contributors

author

Oľga Gyárfášová

• Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Fakulta sociálnych a ekonomických vied, Mlynské luhy 4, 82105 Bratislava, Slovak Republic