Subject(s): Democracy -- Public opinion -- Explanation of Trends -- Legitimacy of governments -- Comparative government -- World politics in 1989- -- Cross national trends in confidence in governance -- Mapping political support in the 1990s a global analysis -- Political support in advanced industrial democracy -- Democracy in post communist Europe -- Testing theories with case studies from : Sweden, Germany, South Korea -- Democratic culture -- Social and political trust in established democracies -- Economic performance of government -- Political performance and institutional trust -- Institutional explanations for political support -- Post modernization -- growth of critical citizen and its consequences