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Parliament and Political Support in Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Harold D. Clarke ,
Allan Kornberg  and
Marianne C. Stewart
Harold D. Clarke
Affiliation:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute andState University
Allan Kornberg
Affiliation:
Duke University
Marianne C. Stewart
Affiliation:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute andState University
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Abstract

Legislatures are widely recognized as institutional embodiments of the concept of representation in contemporary liberal democracies, but how support for legislatures and evaluations of their members's activities influence support for national political regimes and communities is imperfectly understood. This article investigates the question with the use of data from a 1979 national survey of the Canadian public. Analyses of a model of support demonstrate that feelings about parliament and assessments of MPs' performance have significant effects on levels of support for the national political community and regime. Other important variables include cost-benefit evaluations of the personal impact of governmental activity, more general evaluations of governmental performance, and subcultural variations in political socialization.

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Research Article
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American Political Science Review , Volume 78 , Issue 2 , June 1984 , pp. 452 - 469
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 1984

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