JAVNOST U GLASAČKOJ KUTIJI: STRUKTURA HRVATSKOGA STRANAČKOG PROSTORA I MIŠLJENJE O DEMOKRACIJI
THE PUBLIC IN THE BALLOT BOX: THE STRUCTURE OF THE CROATIAN MULTY- PARTY ARENA AND VIEWPOINTS ON DEMOCRACY

Summary/Abstract: The text analyses party-preferences of Croatian citizens, divided into "left", "central" and "right-wing" political blocs with opinions on democracy and possibilities of political participation. The work is based upon data gathered in empirical research conducted on a representative sample of the adult Croatian population in November 1996. The manifest diversity of opinions on democracy and participation in political decisions was reduced to two general factors by factor analysis: the factors of democracy and political impotence. The results of the one-way analysis of variance among groups of potential voters of the "left" and "central" wing on the one hand, differ from voters of the "right" political wing on the other hand. The difference determined indicates that the voters of "the right" are more moderate in support of democracy and less impotent than the voters of the "left" and "central" orientation in political participation.

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