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Exploring the paradox of Liberal democracy: more political communications equals less public trust

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Abstract

Francis Fukuyama asks: ‘Is liberal democracy prey to serious internal contradictions, contradictions so serious that they will eventually undermine it as a political system?’ This paper argues that one of these ‘internal contradictions’ is the political communications process and it can be sufficiently serious to undermine the democratic system—but such an undermining is not inevitable.

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Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 84-91

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Political Quarterly (Volume 80, Issue 1)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/01/2009

Publication status

Published - 01/01/2009

ISSN

0032-3179

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/230019
  • Scopus: 62449299412

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