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greater political participation and interest in politics, stronger sense of satisfaction with and support for democracy, and … higher levels of confidence/trust with democracy. Yet, to date no systematic comparative analysis was conducted to test the … hypothesized effects of democratizing selection procedures on citizens' views on democracy. In this paper we use a cross …
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How does opinion polarization over matters of moral conviction affect the legislative outcome of parliamentary institutions? Analysis reveals that in the relatively common case, in which a party's voting power is positively correlated with the public support of the convictions it represents, if...
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In their pursuit of being elected, politicians might not provide their constituents with independent viewpoints, but just try to outguess popular opinion. Although rational voters see through such populism, candidates can not resist resorting to it when the spoils of office are too large. For an...
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. These results have significant implications for the consolidation of Mexico's young democracy. Understanding the long …
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