Valence and satisfaction with democracy: A cross‐national analysis of nine<scp>W</scp>estern<scp>E</scp>uropean democracies

Leiter, Debra; Clark, Michael

doi:10.1111/1475-6765.12088

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“…'Satisfaction with democracy' is a widely used indicator for analyzing regime performance (cf. Norris, 1999;Linde and Ekman, 2003;Leiter and Clark, 2015;Hobolt, 2012;Huang et al, 2008;Curini et al, 2012;Wagner et al, 2009;Armingeon and Guthmann, 2014;Sanders et al, 2014;Anderson and Guillory, 1997;Blais and Gélineau, 2007;Aarts and Thomassen, 2008). There is, however, disagreement about its exact meaning and interpretation.…”

Section: Literaturementioning

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Public support of transport policy instruments, perceived transport quality and satisfaction with democracy. What is the relationship?

Christiansen

2018

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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Lack of public support is regarded as a major barrier for implementing restrictive transport policy instruments. Recent studies have therefore analyzed factors explaining variations in public support and examined strategies to increase support of restrictive policy measures. However, few have analyzed whether there is an actual relationship between transportation policies and political legitimacy. This article thus makes two main contributions to the literature. First, it explores whether there is a relationship between support of restrictive instruments and political legitimacy to study the political implications of introducing such instruments. The results show that citizens opposing restrictive measures, such as local road tolls, are more dissatisfied with the performance of local democracy. The effect also appears to be mediated through citizens evaluation of politicians' and how they evaluate governmental performance at the local level. Second, the article analyzes the importance of transportation policies in particular for local political legitimacy. The results show that citizens dissatisfied with the quality of services within the transport sector are also more dissatisfied with the performance of local democracy.

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Section: Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Public support of transport policy instruments, perceived transport quality and satisfaction with democracy. What is the relationship?

Christiansen

2018

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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“…Although its exact substantive and theoretical meaning is contested (Canache et al ; Clarke et al : 1003; Norris : 17–18), citizen satisfaction with democracy is a central indicator of regime support and the overall legitimacy and stability of democratic systems (Anderson & Guillory : 70; Sanders et al ). In a large body of literature, studies of political representation have examined various sources of SWD (e.g., Karp & Bowler ; Kumlin & Esaiasson ; Leiter & Clark ; Ruiz‐Rufino ; Sanders et al ; Wagner et al ). Next to psychological and emotional factors, citizens’ satisfaction is influenced by their evaluations of the input and output dimension of democracies (Hobolt : 92–93).…”

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“…Quite different views regarding its substantive and theoretical meaning have been discussed (Canache et al ; Clarke et al : 1003; Dalton ; Norris : 17–18). Here we follow the bulk of the literature and understand SWD to be a measure of specific support (Easton ) in which citizens evaluate system outputs and the fulfilment of their individual demands on a more short‐term basis (Curini et al : 243–244; Leiter & Clark : 5; Linde & Ekman : 405).…”

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Multidimensional government-citizen congruence and satisfaction with democracy

Stecker

Tausendpfund

2016

European Journal of Political Research

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In the first comparative study of multidimensional government‐citizen policy congruence, this article shows that citizens are less satisfied with democracy when their views differ from that of the government on policy dimensions beyond the general left‐right axis. Satisfaction is reduced by a government that deviates on European integration and redistribution and partly also on social lifestyle, immigration and environmental protection. Furthermore, this analysis identifies the level of political interest as central moderator of this relationship. Satisfaction of citizens with stronger interest in politics suffers more when there is a politically distant government. Combining data from the 2010 Chapel Hill Expert Survey and two waves of the European Social Survey, the analysis builds on information on citizen‐government policy congruence of some 45,000 citizens and 31 governments in 15 Western and Central Eastern European countries. The article brings a multidimensional perspective to the study of policy congruence between citizens and governments in a time when the preference structure of parties and citizens has become increasingly complex.

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“…Many studies (e.g., Weil ; Kuechler ; Clarke & Kornberg ; Anderson & Guillory ; Fuchs ; Klingemann ; Karp et al. ; Leiter & Clark ) have employed a widely used measure of satisfaction with democracy as an indicator of system support. Satisfaction with democracy is meant to capture an evaluative, non‐affective perspective on how democracy is functioning, rather than just reflecting attitudes about ‘particular individuals or parties holding power’ (Lockerbie : 282).…”

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Electoral rules, corruption, inequality and evaluations of democracy

Donovan

Karp

2017

European J Political Res

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Features of electoral systems have been found to have positive effects on evaluations of democracy. This article proposes that there are larger social forces that must be accounted for in such analyses. Using European Social Survey measures of democratic expectations and the ‘satisfaction with democracy’ item, this study tests for effects of electoral rules on perceptions of democracy. It is found that multipartyism/proportionality and preferential ballot structure appear to correspond with positive evaluations of elections and parties, and with greater satisfaction with how democracy is functioning. However, these relationships dissipate when corruption and income inequality are accounted for. This suggests substantial limits to the capacity of electoral reforms to enhance democratic legitimacy. It also suggests that studies of mass perceptions of democratic performance may over‐estimate effects of electoral rules if country‐level corruption and income inequality are not accounted for.

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Valence and satisfaction with democracy: A cross‐national analysis of nineWesternEuropean democracies

Cited by 18 publications

References 78 publications

Public support of transport policy instruments, perceived transport quality and satisfaction with democracy. What is the relationship?

Public support of transport policy instruments, perceived transport quality and satisfaction with democracy. What is the relationship?

Multidimensional government-citizen congruence and satisfaction with democracy

Electoral rules, corruption, inequality and evaluations of democracy

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