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Article: Less Crime, More Security Needed to Promote Democracy in El Salvador; Latin American Public Opinion Project Released May 18.
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- May 18, 2007
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Byline: Vanderbilt University
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Improving Salvadorians' attitudes toward civic participation, their fellow citizens and their democratic institutions is crucial to developing democratic stability in El Salvador, a country in which crime and a sense of insecurity prevail.
The Latin American Public Opinion Project released a comparative study in San Salvador, titled "La Cultura Politica de la Democracia en El Salvador: 2006." Findings include strong citizen support of democratic governments: 87.6 percent prefer electoral democracy and 72.7 percent choose a democratic government over authoritarianism. Yet, ...