Where Are the People? A Call for People-Centred Concepts and Measurements of Democracy

Doorenspleet, Renske

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“…The correlation between the two Freedom House sub-scales—political rights and civil liberties—is essentially 1. For a review of the conceptual and methodological differences between these indicators, see, for example, Doorenspleet (2015), Skaaning (2017), and Tufis (2017).…”

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Democratic values, education, and political trust

Kołczyńska

2020

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

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This article examines the links between education, democratic values, and political trust. Research on education systems as carriers of modern orientations and democratic values worldwide predicts that educated individuals will exhibit more democratic values than less educated ones, regardless of the country’s level of democracy. In the political culture approach, political trust can be understood as a reflection of the congruence or incongruence between individual democratic values and the level of democracy of the political system, which emphasizes trust’s relational character. Integrating these strands of literature, I formulate hypotheses about the mediating effect of democratic values between education and political trust. To test these hypotheses, I employ multilevel models of data from the World Values Survey and the European Values Study covering 73 countries. The results show that democratic values partially mediate the effect of education on political trust, but the magnitude of this effect depends on the level of democracy. Analyses also show that, while education is positively associated with democratic values regardless of the country’s level of democracy, this association is much stronger in democratic countries than in non-democratic ones.

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Democratic values, education, and political trust

Kołczyńska

2020

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“…The literature on democratic ideals suggests that citizens can have widely diverging expectations toward democracy, and that these expectations change over time (Dalton and Welzel, 2014;Saward, 1998;Doorenspleet, 2015). Some of the literature stresses the importance of mostly procedural norms about the functioning of legal and political institutions (Weingast, 1997).…”

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“…In this article, our goal is to ascertain whether this phenomenon could be explained by the expectations citizens have towards the normative ideal of democracy and the functioning of the political system. The literature on democratic ideals suggests that citizens can have widely diverging expectations towards democracy, and that these expectations change over time (Dalton and Welzel 2014; Doorenspleet 2015; Saward 1998). Some of the literature stresses the importance of mostly procedural norms about the functioning of legal and political institutions (Weingast 1997).…”

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Social and Political Citizenship in European Public Opinion: An Empirical Analysis of T.H. Marshall’s Concept of Social Rights

Hooghe

Oser²

2017

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Normative democratic theory assumes that political systems should ensure civil, political and social rights, and this claim has become more salient since the economic crisis that began in 2008. This conception of citizenship was developed most prominently by T.H. Marshall (1950), and it has been further elaborated by numerous other authors, resulting in a clear division between procedural/electoral democracy concepts and authors emphasizing egalitarian concepts of democracy. We use latent class analysis to assess democratic ideals among European citizens as reported in the 2012 European Social Survey. The findings demonstrate that a majority of Europeans consider political and social rights as equally important, while some citizens predominantly emphasize either political or social rights. Furthermore, the focus on social rights is not limited to those with left-leaning ideologies. Considering current manifestations of discontent about the politics of austerity, we discuss the implications of social citizenship concepts for democratic legitimacy in Europe.

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“…Renske Doorenspleet’s (2015, in this issue) contribution critiques existing measures of democracy. She argues that the focus has been too heavily on the institutional aspects of democracy, which she criticizes as being too elitist and limited.…”

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Introduction: The Future of Democracy

Adeney¹,

Taggart²

2015

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In this article the special issue on the future of democracy is introduced with a discussion of the rationale and a brief overview of the contributions that follow. In addition the authors highlight four major themes that run through the special issue. These themes are: the measurement of democracy, the importance of time and context for understanding democracy, the importance of institutions in the process of democratization, and the differential role of government and opposition in democracy. The article finishes with a conclusion about the plural nature and possible futures for democracy.

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Where Are the People? A Call for People-Centred Concepts and Measurements of Democracy

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Democratic values, education, and political trust

Democratic values, education, and political trust

Social and Political Citizenship in European Public Opinion: An Empirical Analysis of T.H. Marshall’s Concept of Social Rights

Introduction: The Future of Democracy

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