Who on earth wants global democracy – and why (not)? A theoretical and experimental study of international public opinion

Thesis

To what extent and why do people want the world to be governed democratically – or not? This is the central question of my dissertation. I create a novel theoretical framework starting with genetic and socio-environmental influences such as parents and peers, moving to proximate motives such as cosmopolitan values and interests, as well as conditioning factors like political knowledge and feasibility beliefs. These are connected to individual attitudes and actions on global democracy, whic...

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Authors: Ghassim, F

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: attitudes; partisan cues; world government; preferences; global democracy; reform; public opinion; cognitive mobilization; world parliament; global governance; partisan mobilization; international organizations; survey experiment
• Subjects: Political Science; International Relations