Most democratic citizens today are distrustful of politicians political parties and political institutions where once democracies expected an allegiant public citizens now question the very pillars of representative democracy this book documents the erosion of political support in virtually all advanced industrial democracies assembling a large array of cross national public opinion data . Political science quarterly volume 120 issue 1 democratic challenges democratic choices the erosion of political support in advanced industrial democracies by russell j dalton eric m uslaner university of maryland search for more papers by this author eric m uslaner. Democratic challenges democratic choices the erosion of political support in advanced industrial democracies by russell j dalton eric m uslaner university of maryland. Democratic challenges democratic choices the erosion of political support in advanced industrial democracies item preview . Democratic challenges democratic choices documents the erosion of political support in virtually all advanced industrial democracies assembling an unprecedented array of cross national public opinion data this study traces the current challenges to democracy primary to changing citizen values and rising expectations