Democracy, civic virtue and cynicism: an empirical study on norms and rationality

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Main Author: Mônica Castro Mata Machado de
Format: Artículo científico
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Published: Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais 2001
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contents Democracy, civic virtue and cynicism: an empirical study on norms and rationality Mônica Castro Mata Machado de Fábio Reis Wanderley Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) Norms Cynicism Democracy Rationality Civic virtue The article deals with the problem of democracy and its institutionalization and consolidation. Starting from the confrontation between a conventionally sociological perspective, which stresses the role of norms, and a rational-choice perspective, which emphasizes the calculus referred to interests, the authors raise the issue of the role of cognitive factors with regard to both aspects. With recourse to survey data produced in Brazil some years ago, a rather complex mediating role is shown to be played by cognitive factors, described as ?political sofistication?, between the civic adherence to norms and the selfish or cynical promotion of self-interest. Some implications of the observed patterns for the general theme of democracy are then explored 2001 artículo científico 0102-6909 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10704502 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=107 Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais application/pdf Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais (Brasil) Num.45 Vol.16
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spellingShingle Democracy, civic virtue and cynicism: an empirical study on norms and rationality
Mônica Castro Mata Machado de
Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales)
Norms
Cynicism
Democracy
Rationality
Civic virtue
Democracy, civic virtue and cynicism: an empirical study on norms and rationality Mônica Castro Mata Machado de Fábio Reis Wanderley Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) Norms Cynicism Democracy Rationality Civic virtue The article deals with the problem of democracy and its institutionalization and consolidation. Starting from the confrontation between a conventionally sociological perspective, which stresses the role of norms, and a rational-choice perspective, which emphasizes the calculus referred to interests, the authors raise the issue of the role of cognitive factors with regard to both aspects. With recourse to survey data produced in Brazil some years ago, a rather complex mediating role is shown to be played by cognitive factors, described as ?political sofistication?, between the civic adherence to norms and the selfish or cynical promotion of self-interest. Some implications of the observed patterns for the general theme of democracy are then explored 2001 artículo científico 0102-6909 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10704502 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=107 Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais application/pdf Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais (Brasil) Num.45 Vol.16
title Democracy, civic virtue and cynicism: an empirical study on norms and rationality
topic Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales)
Norms
Cynicism
Democracy
Rationality
Civic virtue
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10704502