Conceptualizing and measuring support for democracy: a new approach

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dc.abstract.enMuch of what we know about public support for democracy is based on survey questions about “democracy,” a term that varies in meaning across countries and likely prompts uncritically supportive responses. This paper proposes a new approach to measuring support for democracy. We develop a battery of 17 survey questions that cover all eight components of liberal democracy as defined by the V-Dem project. We then ask respondents from 19 national samples to evaluate these rights and institutions. We find considerable heterogeneity across countries in how our items cohere, especially in less developed contexts. Yet, those items that are more weakly connected with general support for liberal democracy tend to reveal the influence of political events and actors, arguably indicating weaknesses in political cultures. We further identify a concise subset of seven items that provide a reliable and valid measure of support for liberal democracy across our different samples.
dc.affiliationWydział Nauk Społecznych
dc.affiliationKatedra Polityki i Polityk Publicznych
dc.affiliationInstytut Nauk Społecznych
dc.contributor.authorClaassen, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorAckermann, Kathrin
dc.contributor.authorBertsou, Eri
dc.contributor.authorBorba, Lucas
dc.contributor.authorCarlin, Ryan E.
dc.contributor.authorCavari, Amnon
dc.contributor.authorDahlum, Sirianne
dc.contributor.authorGherghina, Sergiu
dc.contributor.authorHawkins, Darren
dc.contributor.authorLelkes, Yphtach
dc.contributor.authorMagalhães, Pedro C.
dc.contributor.authorMattes, Robert
dc.contributor.authorMeijers, Maurits J.
dc.contributor.authorNeundorf, Anja
dc.contributor.authorOross, Dániel
dc.contributor.authorÖztürk, Aykut
dc.contributor.authorSarsfield, Rodolfo
dc.contributor.authorSelf, Darin
dc.contributor.authorStanley, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorTsai, Tsung-han
dc.contributor.authorZaslove, Andrej
dc.contributor.authorZechmeister, Elizabeth J.
dc.date.access2024-07-23
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-04T06:45:58Z
dc.date.available2024-09-04T06:45:58Z
dc.date.created2024-07-23
dc.date.issued2024-07-23
dc.description.abstract<jats:p> Much of what we know about public support for democracy is based on survey questions about “democracy,” a term that varies in meaning across countries and likely prompts uncritically supportive responses. This paper proposes a new approach to measuring support for democracy. We develop a battery of 17 survey questions that cover all eight components of liberal democracy as defined by the V-Dem project. We then ask respondents from 19 national samples to evaluate these rights and institutions. We find considerable heterogeneity across countries in how our items cohere, especially in less developed contexts. Yet, those items that are more weakly connected with general support for liberal democracy tend to reveal the influence of political events and actors, arguably indicating weaknesses in political cultures. We further identify a concise subset of seven items that provide a reliable and valid measure of support for liberal democracy across our different samples. </jats:p>
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dc.description.grantnumber2020/39/B/HS6/00853
dc.description.granttitlePlemienność czy obojętność? Badanie demokratycznych i ich konsekwencji w Polsce
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/00104140241259458
dc.identifier.eissn1552-3829
dc.identifier.issn0010-4140
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/854
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00104140241259458
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationnauki o polityce i administracji
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
dc.share.articleOTHER
dc.subject.ensupport for democracy
dc.subject.enpublic opinion
dc.subject.ensurvey research
dc.subject.enmeasurement
dc.swps.sciencecloudnosend
dc.titleConceptualizing and measuring support for democracy: a new approach
dc.title.journalComparative Political Studies
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle