In person icon Revisiting the Beliefs of Politicians: Practitioners' Concepts of Democracy in a Comparative Perspective

Abstract

In 1973 Robert Putnam pulished "The Beliefs of Politicians", a study of British and Italian politicans' conception of politics and democracy. Since then the topic has not received too much attention. The focus has always been on studying mass attitudes. This panel will include papers that use various methodological approaches to look at elite conceptions of democracy as they can be studied in surveys, public discourse, publications, or everyday practice. A comparative perspective is strongly encouraged.

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