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The political mechanism of governance in the United States public opinion assessments
- Source :
- Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta: Seriâ 18, Sociologiâ i Politologiâ, Vol 27, Iss 1, Pp 251-262 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Faculty of Sociology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 2021.
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Abstract
- The article discusses the current problems of functioning democratic institutions in the United States. The consequences of presidential elections and their influence on public opinion are analyzed. In the face of growing tensions toward world democracy and democratic values, US citizens usually agree on the importance of democratic ideals and values that are important to the United States. The results of the study also demonstrate the awareness of American society of the objective existence necessary criticism. Most respondents emphasize their knowledge of basic facts about the political system and democracy in the United States. The majority of respondents said that “significant changes” are necessary in the fundamental structure of the executive bodies of the American government in order for it to work effectively at the present time.The article states the complexity of the ongoing domestic political processes in the United States, the existence of existing contradictions and the split of public opinion regarding the stability of democratic mechanisms of the functioning of the US political system. The complexity of religious, national, social and other contradictions of social development brought to the surface of public debate a complex of problems of the dynamics of political development and the state mechanism of government.
- Subjects :
- democracy
Presidential system
business.industry
Democratic ideals
media_common.quotation_subject
political system
government
Public debate
ComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTING
Public opinion
Democracy
HM401-1281
Politics
State (polity)
Political system
Political science
Political economy
public opinion
political process
Sociology (General)
business
media_common
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 25418769 and 10293736
- Volume :
- 27
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Moscow State University Bulletin. Series 18. Sociology and Political Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....50a90eba0c004d625de42b5e7c6127e2
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.24290/1029-3736-2021-27-1-251-262