This paper develops a comprehensive theory of support for democracy. Building on instrumental and culturalist … approaches, the theory argues that experience with democracy conditions the extent to which economic and political performance … democracy grows older, while the opposite should be true about political performance. These arguments are evaluated using …

democracy and favors the process of democratization. We combine survey data with country-level measures of democracy from 1960 … integrated with democracies are, at the time of the survey, more supportive of democracy. In line with the change in citizens …' preferences, economic integration with democratic partners has a large, positive effect on a country's democracy score. Instead …

Beyond its immediate impact on public health and the economy, the COVID-19 pandemic has put democracy under stress …, an opposing view is that dissatisfaction with government performance may cause deeper dissatisfaction with democracy even …,500 respondents to examine the impact of the pandemic on public attitudes about incumbent governments, the functioning of democracy …

democracy. For this purpose, the party positions on 36 topical issues are compared with the results of public opinion polls, and … it is shown that representative democracy, as it is, guarantees no adequate representation of public opinion, even in …

individuals and the prevailing unemployment rate in the country impact perceptions of the effectiveness of democracy. We find that … personal joblessness experience translates into negative opinions about the effectiveness of democracy and it increases the … that democracies are ineffective, regardless of joblessness. People's beliefs about the effectiveness of democracy as …

democracy may affect fiscal policy in new democracies in comparison to countries where democracy is older and often more …When democracy is new, it is often fragile and not fully consolidated. We investigate how the danger of a collapse of … established. We argue that the attitude of the citizenry towards democracy is important in preventing democratic collapse, and …

dynamisierten Meinungsindustrie. Auf der Strecke bleiben dabei Demokratie, Freiheit und soziale Verantwortung. Joseph Vogl …