One condition for the stability of democratic systems is the development of a political culture that is congruent with the implemented structure. As the presented data shows, in unified Germany this kind of congruence exists only in West Germany. In East Germany a majority of citizens is supporting democracy as well, but have a rather skeptical attitude toward the liberal democracy of Germany. ...

Public opinion often depends on how elites choose to frame issues. For example, citizens’ opinions about a Ku Klux Klan rally may depend on whether elites frame the event as a free-speech issue or a public safety issue. Past research has focused largely on documenting the size of framing effects in uncontested settings. By contrast, there has been little research on framing in competitive envir...

This article examines explanations for both Internet use and non-use by older individuals. Older adults are often considered a homogeneous group with uniform reasons for Internet non-use, or when they are online, practising a uniform range of activities. The study gathered data concerning senior non-users through a national telephone survey. Data concerning senior Internet users were obtained t...

Party identification and core political values are central elements in the political belief systems of ordinary citizens. Are these predispositions related to one another? Does party identification influence core political values or are partisan identities grounded in such values? This article draws upon theoretical works on partisan information processing and value-based reasoning to derive co...

Conventional views of African politics imply that Africans’ political opinions are based either on enduring cultural values or their positions in the social structure. In contrast, we argue that Africans form attitudes to democracy based upon what they learn about what it is and does. This learning hypothesis is tested against competing cultural, institutional, and structural theories to explai...

Similar to other developing countries, Jordan started a national e-government initiative aiming to streamline government procedures and make information and government services available to business and citizens online. This paper presents the results of a study that assessed factors which could influence the awareness level, acceptance and use of e-government services in Jordan. It investigate...

Higher education is changing to serve the needs of the 21 century called the information age where the building of the knowledge society is the highest priority. Universities are becoming mass; therefore their readiness to train competent citizens goes in line with contemporary challenges caused by new technologies, abundance of information resources that adult learners face in learning process...

State defense, especially the Unitary of Republic Indonesia, which is based on philosophy Pancasila and 1945 Constitution, determination, attitude, behavior citizens, both individually collectively, to uphold a state sovereignty, as well territorial integrity, for safety nation state. This study tries explain how activities Defense University help students at SMAN 67 Jakarta adopt mentality. To...

Currently the world is faced with various global problems that affect lives of citizens both at local and national levels. For example, how warming affects rural agriculture. Forest burning occurs in one area causes bad air other areas even crosses between countries. Likewise covid-19 virus pandemic which public health globally. These can only be resolved collaboratively by involving all partie...

Abstract Theory about the participants in online citizen participation is scarce, limiting government’s ability to design such a way that many and diverse citizens are facilitated participate. To fill this gap, article theorizes factors influence intention of from sociodemographic backgrounds participate platforms. The theory planned behavior used as theoretical lens, which posits behavioral in...